5-Letter Word

SOCKS

A knitted or woven covering for the foot

S1
O2
C3
K4
S5
Letter positions
Word
socks
Position 1
s
Position 2
o
Position 3
c
Position 4
k
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
11

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
S11,52112.2%
O22,00816.1%
C33733.0%
K44843.9%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: S
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
S119%
O219%
C3327%
K4545%
S519%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SOCKS a good Wordle opening word?
SOCKS has a repeated letter (S), 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 SOCKS mean?
SOCKS: A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
What is the Scrabble score for SOCKS?
11 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + O(1) + C(3) + K(5) + S(1). 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 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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