5-Letter Word

IMIDE

Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -conhco-

I1
M2
I3
D4
E5
Letter positions
Word
imide
Position 1
i
Position 2
m
Position 3
i
Position 4
d
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 52391.9%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
I11571.3%
M21751.4%
I31,0188.2%
D44513.6%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: I
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
I1112%
M2338%
I3112%
D4225%
E5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is IMIDE a good Wordle opening word?
IMIDE has a repeated letter (I), 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 IMIDE mean?
IMIDE: Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -conhco-.
What is the Scrabble score for IMIDE?
8 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + M(3) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 38% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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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