5-Letter Word

IZARD

A 5 letter word: izard

I1
Z2
A3
R4
D5
Letter positions
Word
izard
Position 1
i
Position 2
z
Position 3
a
Position 4
r
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 3
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
15

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 1, 33132.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
I11571.3%
Z2280.2%
A31,2069.7%
R46955.6%
D58076.5%

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: Z

Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile) pool: 585 of 12,478 words (4.7%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
I117%
Z21067%
A317%
R417%
D5213%
Total15Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is IZARD a good Wordle opening word?
IZARD has no repeated letters and 2 vowels, qualifying on two of three opener criteria. It contains the low-frequency tile Z, 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 IZARD mean?
IZARD: A 5 letter word: izard.
What is the Scrabble score for IZARD?
15 points. Tile breakdown: I(1) + Z(10) + A(1) + R(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 67% of the total. This score is higher than 96% 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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