5-Letter Word

YLEMS

(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

Y1
L2
E3
M4
S5
Letter positions
Word
ylems
Position 1
y
Position 2
l
Position 3
e
Position 4
m
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
3
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 31,37511.0%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Y11751.4%
L26775.4%
E38476.8%
M43913.1%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
Y1440%
L2110%
E3110%
M4330%
S5110%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is YLEMS a good Wordle opening word?
YLEMS has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
What does YLEMS mean?
YLEMS: (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
What is the Scrabble score for YLEMS?
10 points. Tile breakdown: Y(4) + L(1) + E(1) + M(3) + S(1). The highest-value tile is Y (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 1 vowel?
3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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