5-Letter Word
QUEEN
The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
Q1
U2
E3
E4
N5
- Letter positions
- Word
- queen
- Position 1
- q
- Position 2
- u
- Position 3
- e
- Position 4
- e
- Position 5
- n
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 3
- Consonant count
- 2
- Unique letters
- 4
- Repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel positions
- 2, 3, 4
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 14
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 3 vowels (same as this word) | 1,249 | 10.0% |
| Vowels at positions 2, 3, 4 | 80 | 0.6% |
| Words with repeated letters | 4,465 | 35.8% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 76 | 0.6% |
| U | 2 | 1,137 | 9.1% |
| E | 3 | 847 | 6.8% |
| E | 4 | 2,257 | 18.1% |
| N | 5 | 512 | 4.1% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game
- No repeated letters
- No repeats: E
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- Yes 3 vowels
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- No contains: Q
Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 10 | 71% |
| U | 2 | 1 | 7% |
| E | 3 | 1 | 7% |
| E | 4 | 1 | 7% |
| N | 5 | 1 | 7% |
| Total | 14 | Higher than 94% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is QUEEN a good Wordle opening word?
- QUEEN has a repeated letter (E), 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 QUEEN mean?
- QUEEN: The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites.
- What is the Scrabble score for QUEEN?
- 14 points. Tile breakdown: Q(10) + U(1) + E(1) + E(1) + N(1). The highest-value tile is Q (10 points), contributing 71% of the total. This score is higher than 94% 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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