5-Letter Word

IODID

A 5 letter word: iodid

I1
O2
D3
I4
D5
Letter positions
Word
iodid
Position 1
i
Position 2
o
Position 3
d
Position 4
i
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
3
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 2, 4920.7%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
I11571.3%
O22,00816.1%
D33733.0%
I48336.7%
D58076.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: I, D
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
I1114%
O2114%
D3229%
I4114%
D5229%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is IODID a good Wordle opening word?
IODID has a repeated letter (I, D), 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 IODID mean?
IODID: A 5 letter word: iodid.
What is the Scrabble score for IODID?
7 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + O(1) + D(2) + I(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is D (2 points), contributing 29% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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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