5-Letter Word

WAUFF

A 5 letter word: wauff

W1
A2
U3
F4
F5
Letter positions
Word
wauff
Position 1
w
Position 2
a
Position 3
u
Position 4
f
Position 5
f
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
14

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 31,1138.9%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
W14023.2%
A22,15817.3%
U36425.1%
F42251.8%
F5800.6%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: F
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 2 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
W1429%
A217%
U317%
F4429%
F5429%
Total14Higher than 94% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WAUFF a good Wordle opening word?
WAUFF has a repeated letter (F), which reduces the number of distinct positions covered in a single guess. It belongs to the Tier 4 late-game pool of 4,465 words (35.8% of dataset). Most effective as a confirmation guess once the repeated letter is already located.
What does WAUFF mean?
WAUFF: A 5 letter word: wauff.
What is the Scrabble score for WAUFF?
14 points. Tile breakdown: W(4) + A(1) + U(1) + F(4) + F(4). The highest-value tile is W (4 points), contributing 29% of the total. This score is higher than 94% 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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