5-Letter Word

PIPED

Utter a shrill cry

P1
I2
P3
E4
D5
Letter positions
Word
piped
Position 1
p
Position 2
i
Position 3
p
Position 4
e
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
P18216.6%
I21,33410.7%
P33432.7%
E42,25718.1%
D58076.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

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

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

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
P1330%
I2110%
P3330%
E4110%
D5220%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PIPED a good Wordle opening word?
PIPED has a repeated letter (P), 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 PIPED mean?
PIPED: Utter a shrill cry.
What is the Scrabble score for PIPED?
10 points. Tile breakdown: P(3) + I(1) + P(3) + E(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is P (3 points), contributing 30% 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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