5-Letter Word

VICED

A 5 letter word: viced

V1
I2
C3
E4
D5
Letter positions
Word
viced
Position 1
v
Position 2
i
Position 3
c
Position 4
e
Position 5
d
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
11

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
V12311.9%
I21,33410.7%
C33733.0%
E42,25718.1%
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
V1436%
I219%
C3327%
E419%
D5218%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is VICED a good Wordle opening word?
VICED 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 VICED mean?
VICED: A 5 letter word: viced.
What is the Scrabble score for VICED?
11 points. Tile breakdown: V(4) + I(1) + C(3) + E(1) + D(2). The highest-value tile is V (4 points), contributing 36% of the total. This score is higher than 81% 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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