5-Letter Word
PORGY
Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern atlantic coast of the united states
P1
O2
R3
G4
Y5
- Letter positions
- Word
- porgy
- Position 1
- p
- Position 2
- o
- Position 3
- r
- Position 4
- g
- Position 5
- y
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 2
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 11
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 2 | 2,022 | 16.2% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1 | 821 | 6.6% |
| O | 2 | 2,008 | 16.1% |
| R | 3 | 1,158 | 9.3% |
| G | 4 | 409 | 3.3% |
| Y | 5 | 1,254 | 10.0% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 1 vowel
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- Yes
Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| P | 1 | 3 | 27% |
| O | 2 | 1 | 9% |
| R | 3 | 1 | 9% |
| G | 4 | 2 | 18% |
| Y | 5 | 4 | 36% |
| Total | 11 | Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is PORGY a good Wordle opening word?
- PORGY has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, 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 PORGY mean?
- PORGY: Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern atlantic coast of the united states.
- What is the Scrabble score for PORGY?
- 11 points. Tile breakdown: P(3) + O(1) + R(1) + G(2) + Y(4). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 36% of the total. This score is higher than 81% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
- 3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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