5-Letter Word

NAIRU

A 5 letter word: nairu

N1
A2
I3
R4
U5
Letter positions
Word
nairu
Position 1
n
Position 2
a
Position 3
i
Position 4
r
Position 5
u
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
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 no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
N13172.5%
A22,15817.3%
I31,0188.2%
R46955.6%
U5630.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 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
N1120%
A2120%
I3120%
R4120%
U5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is NAIRU a good Wordle opening word?
NAIRU meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 3 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 NAIRU mean?
NAIRU: A 5 letter word: nairu.
What is the Scrabble score for NAIRU?
5 points. Tile breakdown: N(1) + A(1) + I(1) + R(1) + U(1). The highest-value tile is N (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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