5-Letter Word

WEARS

To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc

W1
E2
A3
R4
S5
Letter positions
Word
wears
Position 1
w
Position 2
e
Position 3
a
Position 4
r
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 3
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
8

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 no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
W14023.2%
E21,57212.6%
A31,2069.7%
R46955.6%
S53,80530.5%

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
W1450%
E2112%
A3112%
R4112%
S5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WEARS a good Wordle opening word?
WEARS 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 WEARS mean?
WEARS: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
What is the Scrabble score for WEARS?
8 points. Tile breakdown: W(4) + E(1) + A(1) + R(1) + S(1). The highest-value tile is W (4 points), contributing 50% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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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