5-Letter Word

BARER

A medium frequency five-letter word with 2 vowels

B1
A2
R3
E4
R5
Letter positions
Word
barer
Position 1
b
Position 2
a
Position 3
r
Position 4
e
Position 5
r
Structure
Vowel count
2
Consonant count
3
Unique letters
4
Repeated letters
Yes
Vowel positions
2, 4
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
7

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with B8717.0%
Ending in R6565.3%
Vowels at positions 2, 43,05424.5%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
A22,15817.3%
R31,1589.3%
E42,25718.1%
R56565.3%

Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game

No repeated letters
No repeats: R
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
B1343%
A2114%
R3114%
E4114%
R5114%
Total7Higher than 32% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BARER a good Wordle opening word?
BARER has a repeated letter (R), 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 BARER mean?
BARER is a documented five-letter English word present in standard word game dictionaries. No definition is available in the current dataset for this entry.
What is the Scrabble score for BARER?
7 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + A(1) + R(1) + E(1) + R(1). The highest-value tile is B (3 points), contributing 43% of the total. This score is higher than 32% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
How many 5-letter words start with B?
871 words in this dataset start with B, representing 7.0% of the 12,478-word total. BARER is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.

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