5-Letter Word

LEESE

A 5 letter word: leese

L1
E2
E3
S4
E5
Letter positions
Word
leese
Position 1
l
Position 2
e
Position 3
e
Position 4
s
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
3
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
5

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
L15514.4%
E21,57212.6%
E38476.8%
S45024.0%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: E
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
L1120%
E2120%
E3120%
S4120%
E5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is LEESE a good Wordle opening word?
LEESE has a repeated letter (E), 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 LEESE mean?
LEESE: A 5 letter word: leese.
What is the Scrabble score for LEESE?
5 points. Tile breakdown: L(1) + E(1) + E(1) + S(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is L (1 points), contributing 20% of the total. This score is higher than 9% 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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