5-Letter Word
ILIAL
A 5 letter word: ilial
I1
L2
I3
A4
L5
- Letter positions
- Word
- ilial
- Position 1
- i
- Position 2
- l
- Position 3
- i
- Position 4
- a
- Position 5
- l
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 3
- Consonant count
- 2
- Unique letters
- 3
- Repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel positions
- 1, 3, 4
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 5
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 3 vowels (same as this word) | 1,249 | 10.0% |
| Vowels at positions 1, 3, 4 | 138 | 1.1% |
| Words with repeated letters | 4,465 | 35.8% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | 157 | 1.3% |
| L | 2 | 677 | 5.4% |
| I | 3 | 1,018 | 8.2% |
| A | 4 | 1,027 | 8.2% |
| L | 5 | 465 | 3.7% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game
- No repeated letters
- No repeats: I, 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
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | 1 | 20% |
| L | 2 | 1 | 20% |
| I | 3 | 1 | 20% |
| A | 4 | 1 | 20% |
| L | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Total | 5 | Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is ILIAL a good Wordle opening word?
- ILIAL has a repeated letter (I, 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 ILIAL mean?
- ILIAL: A 5 letter word: ilial.
- What is the Scrabble score for ILIAL?
- 5 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + L(1) + I(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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