5-Letter Word

YARFA

A 5 letter word: yarfa

Y1
A2
R3
F4
A5
Letter positions
Word
yarfa
Position 1
y
Position 2
a
Position 3
r
Position 4
f
Position 5
a
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
11

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 repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Y11751.4%
A22,15817.3%
R31,1589.3%
F42251.8%
A56325.1%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: A
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
Y1436%
A219%
R319%
F4436%
A519%
Total11Higher than 81% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is YARFA a good Wordle opening word?
YARFA has a repeated letter (A), 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 YARFA mean?
YARFA: A 5 letter word: yarfa.
What is the Scrabble score for YARFA?
11 points. Tile breakdown: Y(4) + A(1) + R(1) + F(4) + A(1). The highest-value tile is Y (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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