5-Letter Word

PHONE

Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

P1
H2
O3
N4
E5
Letter positions
Word
phone
Position 1
p
Position 2
h
Position 3
o
Position 4
n
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 3, 55244.2%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
P18216.6%
H25254.2%
O39607.7%
N47586.1%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 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
P1330%
H2440%
O3110%
N4110%
E5110%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PHONE a good Wordle opening word?
PHONE meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 2 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 PHONE mean?
PHONE: Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.
What is the Scrabble score for PHONE?
10 points. Tile breakdown: P(3) + H(4) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is H (4 points), contributing 40% of the total. This score is higher than 73% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 2 vowels?
7,415 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 2 vowels (59.4%). 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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