5-Letter Word

WAKER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

W1
A2
K3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
waker
Position 1
w
Position 2
a
Position 3
k
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
12

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
W14023.2%
A22,15817.3%
K32532.0%
E42,25718.1%
R56565.3%

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
W1433%
A218%
K3542%
E418%
R518%
Total12Higher than 87% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WAKER a good Wordle opening word?
WAKER 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 WAKER mean?
WAKER is a documented five-letter English word present in standard word game dictionaries. No definition is available in the current dataset for this entry.
What is the Scrabble score for WAKER?
12 points. Tile breakdown: W(4) + A(1) + K(5) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is K (5 points), contributing 42% of the total. This score is higher than 87% 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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