5-Letter Word

ZAMAN

Large ornamental tropical american tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle

Z1
A2
M3
A4
N5
Letter positions
Word
zaman
Position 1
z
Position 2
a
Position 3
m
Position 4
a
Position 5
n
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
16

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 2 vowels (same as this word)7,41559.4%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Z1980.8%
A22,15817.3%
M34974.0%
A41,0278.2%
N55124.1%

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)
No contains: Z

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

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
Z11062%
A216%
M3319%
A416%
N516%
Total16Higher than 98% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ZAMAN a good Wordle opening word?
ZAMAN 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 ZAMAN mean?
ZAMAN: Large ornamental tropical american tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
What is the Scrabble score for ZAMAN?
16 points. Tile breakdown: Z(10) + A(1) + M(3) + A(1) + N(1). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 62% of the total. This score is higher than 98% 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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