5-Letter Word

SITKA

A town in southeastern alaska that was the capital of russian america and served as the capital of alaska from 1867 until 1906

S1
I2
T3
K4
A5
Letter positions
Word
sitka
Position 1
s
Position 2
i
Position 3
t
Position 4
k
Position 5
a
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
9

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 51,1679.4%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
S11,52112.2%
I21,33410.7%
T35994.8%
K44843.9%
A56325.1%

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
S1111%
I2111%
T3111%
K4556%
A5111%
Total9Higher than 62% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SITKA a good Wordle opening word?
SITKA 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 SITKA mean?
SITKA: A town in southeastern alaska that was the capital of russian america and served as the capital of alaska from 1867 until 1906.
What is the Scrabble score for SITKA?
9 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + I(1) + T(1) + K(5) + A(1). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 56% of the total. This score is higher than 62% 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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