5-Letter Word

URINE

Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra

U1
R2
I3
N4
E5
Letter positions
Word
urine
Position 1
u
Position 2
r
Position 3
i
Position 4
n
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
1, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
5

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 1, 3, 52391.9%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
U11781.4%
R29087.3%
I31,0188.2%
N47586.1%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 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
U1120%
R2120%
I3120%
N4120%
E5120%
Total5Higher than 9% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is URINE a good Wordle opening word?
URINE meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 3 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 URINE mean?
URINE: Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
What is the Scrabble score for URINE?
5 points. Tile breakdown: U(1) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is U (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 3 vowels?
1,249 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 3 vowels (10.0%). 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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