5-Letter Word

WILCO

A 5 letter word: wilco

W1
I2
L3
C4
O5
Letter positions
Word
wilco
Position 1
w
Position 2
i
Position 3
l
Position 4
c
Position 5
o
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 51,1679.4%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
W14023.2%
I21,33410.7%
L38206.6%
C43893.1%
O53652.9%

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
W1440%
I2110%
L3110%
C4330%
O5110%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WILCO a good Wordle opening word?
WILCO 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 WILCO mean?
WILCO: A 5 letter word: wilco.
What is the Scrabble score for WILCO?
10 points. Tile breakdown: W(4) + I(1) + L(1) + C(3) + O(1). The highest-value tile is W (4 points), contributing 40% of the total. This score is higher than 73% 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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