5-Letter Word

MORSE

A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

M1
O2
R3
S4
E5
Letter positions
Word
morse
Position 1
m
Position 2
o
Position 3
r
Position 4
s
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 51,1679.4%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
M16665.3%
O22,00816.1%
R31,1589.3%
S45024.0%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

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

Tier 1 — Opener pool: 4,926 of 12,478 words (39.5%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
M1343%
O2114%
R3114%
S4114%
E5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is MORSE a good Wordle opening word?
MORSE meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 2 vowels (threshold: ≥2), and no low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J). It belongs to the Tier 1 opener pool of 4,926 words — 39.5% of the 12,478-word dataset.
What does MORSE mean?
MORSE: A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals).
What is the Scrabble score for MORSE?
7 points. Tile breakdown: M(3) + O(1) + R(1) + S(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 43% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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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