5-Letter Word

KOORI

A 5 letter word: koori

K1
O2
O3
R4
I5
Letter positions
Word
koori
Position 1
k
Position 2
o
Position 3
o
Position 4
r
Position 5
i
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
9

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 2, 3, 53092.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
K13532.8%
O22,00816.1%
O39607.7%
R46955.6%
I52532.0%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: O
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
K1556%
O2111%
O3111%
R4111%
I5111%
Total9Higher than 62% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is KOORI a good Wordle opening word?
KOORI has a repeated letter (O), 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 KOORI mean?
KOORI: A 5 letter word: koori.
What is the Scrabble score for KOORI?
9 points. Tile breakdown: K(5) + O(1) + O(1) + R(1) + I(1). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 56% of the total. This score is higher than 62% 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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