5-Letter Word

SLOTH

A disinclination to work or exert yourself

S1
L2
O3
T4
H5
Letter positions
Word
sloth
Position 1
s
Position 2
l
Position 3
o
Position 4
t
Position 5
h
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 31,37511.0%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
S11,52112.2%
L26775.4%
O39607.7%
T48787.0%
H53492.8%

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

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
S1112%
L2112%
O3112%
T4112%
H5450%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SLOTH a good Wordle opening word?
SLOTH 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 SLOTH mean?
SLOTH: A disinclination to work or exert yourself.
What is the Scrabble score for SLOTH?
8 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + L(1) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4). The highest-value tile is H (4 points), contributing 50% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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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