5-Letter Word

ILEAL

A 5 letter word: ileal

I1
L2
E3
A4
L5
Letter positions
Word
ileal
Position 1
i
Position 2
l
Position 3
e
Position 4
a
Position 5
l
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
5

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 41381.1%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
I11571.3%
L26775.4%
E38476.8%
A41,0278.2%
L54653.7%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: L
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
I1120%
L2120%
E3120%
A4120%
L5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ILEAL a good Wordle opening word?
ILEAL has a repeated letter (L), which reduces the number of distinct positions covered in a single guess. It belongs to the Tier 4 late-game pool of 4,465 words (35.8% of dataset). Most effective as a confirmation guess once the repeated letter is already located.
What does ILEAL mean?
ILEAL: A 5 letter word: ileal.
What is the Scrabble score for ILEAL?
5 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + L(1) + E(1) + A(1) + L(1). The highest-value tile is I (1 points), contributing 20% of the total. This score is higher than 9% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 3 vowels?
1,249 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 3 vowels (10.0%). Full vowel-count distribution: 0 vowels: 51 (0.4%), 1 vowel: 3,736 (29.9%), 2 vowels: 7,415 (59.4%), 3 vowels: 1,249 (10.0%), 4 vowels: 27 (0.2%).

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