5-Letter Word

SAMEK

A 5 letter word: samek

S1
A2
M3
E4
K5
Letter positions
Word
samek
Position 1
s
Position 2
a
Position 3
m
Position 4
e
Position 5
k
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
11

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 no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
S11,52112.2%
A22,15817.3%
M34974.0%
E42,25718.1%
K52442.0%

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
S119%
A219%
M3327%
E419%
K5545%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SAMEK a good Wordle opening word?
SAMEK 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 SAMEK mean?
SAMEK: A 5 letter word: samek.
What is the Scrabble score for SAMEK?
11 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + A(1) + M(3) + E(1) + K(5). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 45% 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 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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