5-Letter Word
TOWZE
A 5 letter word: towze
T1
O2
W3
Z4
E5
- Letter positions
- Word
- towze
- Position 1
- t
- Position 2
- o
- Position 3
- w
- Position 4
- z
- Position 5
- e
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 2
- Consonant count
- 3
- Unique letters
- 5
- Repeated letters
- No
- Vowel positions
- 2, 5
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- Yes
- Scrabble score
- 17
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 2 vowels (same as this word) | 7,415 | 59.4% |
| Vowels at positions 2, 5 | 1,167 | 9.4% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 1 | 787 | 6.3% |
| O | 2 | 2,008 | 16.1% |
| W | 3 | 265 | 2.1% |
| Z | 4 | 119 | 1.0% |
| E | 5 | 1,477 | 11.8% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile)
- No repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- Yes 2 vowels
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- No contains: Z
Tier 2 — Opener (rare tile) pool: 585 of 12,478 words (4.7%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 1 | 1 | 6% |
| O | 2 | 1 | 6% |
| W | 3 | 4 | 24% |
| Z | 4 | 10 | 59% |
| E | 5 | 1 | 6% |
| Total | 17 | Higher than 99% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is TOWZE a good Wordle opening word?
- TOWZE has no repeated letters and 2 vowels, qualifying on two of three opener criteria. It contains the low-frequency tile Z, placing it in the Tier 2 pool of 585 words (4.7% of dataset). Viable opener, but the rare tile narrows testable patterns.
- What does TOWZE mean?
- TOWZE: A 5 letter word: towze.
- What is the Scrabble score for TOWZE?
- 17 points. Tile breakdown: T(1) + O(1) + W(4) + Z(10) + E(1). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 59% of the total. This score is higher than 99% 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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