5-Letter Word

TROAD

A 5 letter word: troad

T1
R2
O3
A4
D5
Letter positions
Word
troad
Position 1
t
Position 2
r
Position 3
o
Position 4
a
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
6

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 3, 45584.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
T17876.3%
R29087.3%
O39607.7%
A41,0278.2%
D58076.5%

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
T1117%
R2117%
O3117%
A4117%
D5233%
Total6Higher than 16% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is TROAD a good Wordle opening word?
TROAD 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 TROAD mean?
TROAD: A 5 letter word: troad.
What is the Scrabble score for TROAD?
6 points. Tile breakdown: T(1) + R(1) + O(1) + A(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is D (2 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 16% 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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