5-Letter Word

STORM

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather

S1
T2
O3
R4
M5
Letter positions
Word
storm
Position 1
s
Position 2
t
Position 3
o
Position 4
r
Position 5
m
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

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%
T22321.9%
O39607.7%
R46955.6%
M51791.4%

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
S1114%
T2114%
O3114%
R4114%
M5343%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is STORM a good Wordle opening word?
STORM 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 STORM mean?
STORM: Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
What is the Scrabble score for STORM?
7 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) + M(3). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 43% of the total. This score is higher than 32% 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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