5-Letter Word

ZOEAE

A 5 letter word: zoeae

Z1
O2
E3
A4
E5
Letter positions
Word
zoeae
Position 1
z
Position 2
o
Position 3
e
Position 4
a
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
4
Consonant count
1
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 3, 4, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
14

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 4 vowels (same as this word)270.2%
Vowels at positions 2, 3, 4, 580.1%
Words with repeated letters4,46535.8%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Z1980.8%
O22,00816.1%
E38476.8%
A41,0278.2%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: E
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 4 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
Z11071%
O217%
E317%
A417%
E517%
Total14Higher than 94% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ZOEAE a good Wordle opening word?
ZOEAE has a repeated letter (E), 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 ZOEAE mean?
ZOEAE: A 5 letter word: zoeae.
What is the Scrabble score for ZOEAE?
14 points. Tile breakdown: Z(10) + O(1) + E(1) + A(1) + E(1). The highest-value tile is Z (10 points), contributing 71% of the total. This score is higher than 94% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 4 vowels?
27 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 4 vowels (0.2%). 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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