5-Letter Word

TARES

An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods

T1
A2
R3
E4
S5
Letter positions
Word
tares
Position 1
t
Position 2
a
Position 3
r
Position 4
e
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
5

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
T17876.3%
A22,15817.3%
R31,1589.3%
E42,25718.1%
S53,80530.5%

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
T1120%
A2120%
R3120%
E4120%
S5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is TARES a good Wordle opening word?
TARES 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 TARES mean?
TARES: An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods.
What is the Scrabble score for TARES?
5 points. Tile breakdown: T(1) + A(1) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is T (1 points), contributing 20% of the total. This score is higher than 9% 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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