5-Letter Word

ODIUM

Hatred

O1
D2
I3
U4
M5
Letter positions
Word
odium
Position 1
o
Position 2
d
Position 3
i
Position 4
u
Position 5
m
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 41381.1%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
O12572.1%
D2830.7%
I31,0188.2%
U43793.0%
M51791.4%

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
O1112%
D2225%
I3112%
U4112%
M5338%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ODIUM a good Wordle opening word?
ODIUM 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 ODIUM mean?
ODIUM: Hatred.
What is the Scrabble score for ODIUM?
8 points. Tile breakdown: O(1) + D(2) + I(1) + U(1) + M(3). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 38% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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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