5-Letter Word

NYMPH

(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

N1
Y2
M3
P4
H5
Letter positions
Word
nymph
Position 1
n
Position 2
y
Position 3
m
Position 4
p
Position 5
h
Structure
Vowel count
0
Consonant count
5
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
none
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
15

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 0 vowels (same as this word)510.4%
Vowels at positions none510.4%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
N13172.5%
Y22632.1%
M34974.0%
P44063.3%
H53492.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 0 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
N117%
Y2427%
M3320%
P4320%
H5427%
Total15Higher than 96% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is NYMPH a good Wordle opening word?
NYMPH has no repeated letters but only 0 vowels, 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 NYMPH mean?
NYMPH: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden.
What is the Scrabble score for NYMPH?
15 points. Tile breakdown: N(1) + Y(4) + M(3) + P(3) + H(4). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 27% of the total. This score is higher than 96% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 0 vowels?
51 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 0 vowels (0.4%). 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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