5-Letter Word
INDEX
An alphabetical listing of items and their location
I1
N2
D3
E4
X5
- Letter positions
- Word
- index
- Position 1
- i
- Position 2
- n
- Position 3
- d
- Position 4
- e
- Position 5
- x
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 2
- Consonant count
- 3
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 1, 4
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- Yes
- Scrabble score
- 13
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 2 vowels (same as this word) | 7,415 | 59.4% |
| Vowels at positions 1, 4 | 576 | 4.6% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | 157 | 1.3% |
| N | 2 | 334 | 2.7% |
| D | 3 | 373 | 3.0% |
| E | 4 | 2,257 | 18.1% |
| X | 5 | 65 | 0.5% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile)
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- Yes 2 vowels
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- No contains: X
Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile) pool: 585 of 12,478 words (4.7%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | 1 | 8% |
| N | 2 | 1 | 8% |
| D | 3 | 2 | 15% |
| E | 4 | 1 | 8% |
| X | 5 | 8 | 62% |
| Total | 13 | Higher than 91% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is INDEX a good Wordle opening word?
- INDEX has no repeated letters and 2 vowels, qualifying on two of three opener criteria. It contains the low-frequency tile X, placing it in the Tier 2 pool of 585 words (4.7% of dataset). Viable opener, but the rare tile narrows testable patterns.
- What does INDEX mean?
- INDEX: An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- What is the Scrabble score for INDEX?
- 13 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + N(1) + D(2) + E(1) + X(8). The highest-value tile is X (8 points), contributing 62% of the total. This score is higher than 91% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 2 vowels?
- 7,415 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 2 vowels (59.4%). 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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