5-Letter Word

ZAMIA

Any of various cycads of the genus zamia

Z1
A2
M3
I4
A5
Letter positions
Word
zamia
Position 1
z
Position 2
a
Position 3
m
Position 4
i
Position 5
a
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
16

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 2, 4, 52962.4%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Z1980.8%
A22,15817.3%
M34974.0%
I48336.7%
A56325.1%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: A
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 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%
I416%
A516%
Total16Higher than 98% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ZAMIA a good Wordle opening word?
ZAMIA 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 ZAMIA mean?
ZAMIA: Any of various cycads of the genus zamia.
What is the Scrabble score for ZAMIA?
16 points. Tile breakdown: Z(10) + A(1) + M(3) + I(1) + A(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 3 vowels?
1,249 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 3 vowels (10.0%). 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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