5-Letter Word

OZZIE

A 5 letter word: ozzie

O1
Z2
Z3
I4
E5
Letter positions
Word
ozzie
Position 1
o
Position 2
z
Position 3
z
Position 4
i
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
1, 4, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
23

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 4, 5680.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
O12572.1%
Z2280.2%
Z31361.1%
I48336.7%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: Z
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
No contains: Z, Z

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
O114%
Z21043%
Z31043%
I414%
E514%
Total23Higher than 100% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is OZZIE a good Wordle opening word?
OZZIE has a repeated letter (Z), 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 OZZIE mean?
OZZIE: A 5 letter word: ozzie.
What is the Scrabble score for OZZIE?
23 points. Tile breakdown: O(1) + Z(10) + Z(10) + I(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 43% of the total. This score is higher than 100% 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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