5-Letter Word

BONDS

An electrical force linking atoms

B1
O2
N3
D4
S5
Letter positions
Word
bonds
Position 1
b
Position 2
o
Position 3
n
Position 4
d
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Starting with B8717.0%
Ending in S3,80530.5%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
No repeated letters (dataset total)8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
B18717.0%
O22,00816.1%
N39337.5%
D44513.6%
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
B1338%
O2112%
N3112%
D4225%
S5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BONDS a good Wordle opening word?
BONDS 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 BONDS mean?
BONDS: An electrical force linking atoms.
What is the Scrabble score for BONDS?
8 points. Tile breakdown: B(3) + O(1) + N(1) + D(2) + S(1). The highest-value tile is B (3 points), contributing 38% of the total. This score is higher than 49% 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. BONDS is one of them. Browse the full list at 5-letter words starting with B.

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