5-Letter Word

SWADS

A bunch

S1
W2
A3
D4
S5
Letter positions
Word
swads
Position 1
s
Position 2
w
Position 3
a
Position 4
d
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
9

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 repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
S11,52112.2%
W21581.3%
A31,2069.7%
D44513.6%
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
S1111%
W2444%
A3111%
D4222%
S5111%
Total9Higher than 62% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SWADS a good Wordle opening word?
SWADS 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 SWADS mean?
SWADS: A bunch.
What is the Scrabble score for SWADS?
9 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + W(4) + A(1) + D(2) + S(1). The highest-value tile is W (4 points), contributing 44% 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 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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