5-Letter Word

MOSTS

A 5 letter word: mosts

M1
O2
S3
T4
S5
Letter positions
Word
mosts
Position 1
m
Position 2
o
Position 3
s
Position 4
t
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
M16665.3%
O22,00816.1%
S35104.1%
T48787.0%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: S
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
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
M1343%
O2114%
S3114%
T4114%
S5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is MOSTS a good Wordle opening word?
MOSTS has a repeated letter (S), 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 MOSTS mean?
MOSTS: A 5 letter word: mosts.
What is the Scrabble score for MOSTS?
7 points. Tile breakdown: M(3) + O(1) + S(1) + T(1) + S(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 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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