5-Letter Word
KRANZ
A 5 letter word: kranz
K1
R2
A3
N4
Z5
- Letter positions
- Word
- kranz
- Position 1
- k
- Position 2
- r
- Position 3
- a
- Position 4
- n
- Position 5
- z
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 3
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 18
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 3 | 1,375 | 11.0% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 1 | 353 | 2.8% |
| R | 2 | 908 | 7.3% |
| A | 3 | 1,206 | 9.7% |
| N | 4 | 758 | 6.1% |
| Z | 5 | 31 | 0.2% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 1 vowel
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- No contains: Z
Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 1 | 5 | 28% |
| R | 2 | 1 | 6% |
| A | 3 | 1 | 6% |
| N | 4 | 1 | 6% |
| Z | 5 | 10 | 56% |
| Total | 18 | Higher than 99% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is KRANZ a good Wordle opening word?
- KRANZ has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
- What does KRANZ mean?
- KRANZ: A 5 letter word: kranz.
- What is the Scrabble score for KRANZ?
- 18 points. Tile breakdown: K(5) + R(1) + A(1) + N(1) + Z(10). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 56% of the total. This score is higher than 99% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
- 3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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