5-Letter Word
JAPER
A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels
J1
A2
P3
E4
R5
- Letter positions
- Word
- japer
- Position 1
- j
- Position 2
- a
- Position 3
- p
- Position 4
- e
- Position 5
- r
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 2
- Consonant count
- 3
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 2, 4
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- Yes
- Scrabble score
- 14
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 2 vowels (same as this word) | 7,415 | 59.4% |
| Vowels at positions 2, 4 | 3,054 | 24.5% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 1 | 191 | 1.5% |
| A | 2 | 2,158 | 17.3% |
| P | 3 | 343 | 2.7% |
| E | 4 | 2,257 | 18.1% |
| R | 5 | 656 | 5.3% |
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: J
Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile) pool: 585 of 12,478 words (4.7%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 1 | 8 | 57% |
| A | 2 | 1 | 7% |
| P | 3 | 3 | 21% |
| E | 4 | 1 | 7% |
| R | 5 | 1 | 7% |
| Total | 14 | Higher than 94% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is JAPER a good Wordle opening word?
- JAPER has no repeated letters and 2 vowels, qualifying on two of three opener criteria. It contains the low-frequency tile J, 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 JAPER mean?
- JAPER is a documented five-letter English word present in standard word game dictionaries. No definition is available in the current dataset for this entry.
- What is the Scrabble score for JAPER?
- 14 points. Tile breakdown: J(8) + A(1) + P(3) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is J (8 points), contributing 57% of the total. This score is higher than 94% 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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