5-Letter Word

REOIL

A 5 letter word: reoil

R1
E2
O3
I4
L5
Letter positions
Word
reoil
Position 1
r
Position 2
e
Position 3
o
Position 4
i
Position 5
l
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
5

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 2, 3, 4800.6%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
R16104.9%
E21,57212.6%
O39607.7%
I48336.7%
L54653.7%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 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
R1120%
E2120%
O3120%
I4120%
L5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is REOIL a good Wordle opening word?
REOIL meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 3 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 REOIL mean?
REOIL: A 5 letter word: reoil.
What is the Scrabble score for REOIL?
5 points. Tile breakdown: R(1) + E(1) + O(1) + I(1) + L(1). The highest-value tile is R (1 points), contributing 20% of the total. This score is higher than 9% 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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