5-Letter Word

JAVAS

An island in indonesia to the south of borneo

J1
A2
V3
A4
S5
Letter positions
Word
javas
Position 1
j
Position 2
a
Position 3
v
Position 4
a
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
15

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
J11911.5%
A22,15817.3%
V32261.8%
A41,0278.2%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: A
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
No contains: J

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
J1853%
A217%
V3427%
A417%
S517%
Total15Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is JAVAS a good Wordle opening word?
JAVAS has a repeated letter (A), 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 JAVAS mean?
JAVAS: An island in indonesia to the south of borneo.
What is the Scrabble score for JAVAS?
15 points. Tile breakdown: J(8) + A(1) + V(4) + A(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is J (8 points), contributing 53% 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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