5-Letter Word
SWOBS
A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids
S1
W2
O3
B4
S5
- Letter positions
- Word
- swobs
- Position 1
- s
- Position 2
- w
- Position 3
- o
- Position 4
- b
- Position 5
- s
- Structure
- Vowel count
- 1
- Consonant count
- 4
- Unique letters
- 4
- Repeated letters
- Yes
- Vowel positions
- 3
- Game use
- Wordle friendly
- No
- Scrabble score
- 10
Pattern Frequency
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 3 | 1,375 | 11.0% |
| Words with repeated letters | 4,465 | 35.8% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | 1,521 | 12.2% |
| W | 2 | 158 | 1.3% |
| O | 3 | 960 | 7.7% |
| B | 4 | 227 | 1.8% |
| S | 5 | 3,805 | 30.5% |
Wordle Utility — Tier 4 — Late-game
- No repeated letters
- No repeats: S
- Vowel count ≥ 2
- No 1 vowel
- No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
- Yes
Tier 4 — Late-game pool: 4,465 of 12,478 words (35.8%)
Scrabble Value
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | 1 | 10% |
| W | 2 | 4 | 40% |
| O | 3 | 1 | 10% |
| B | 4 | 3 | 30% |
| S | 5 | 1 | 10% |
| Total | 10 | Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9) | |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is SWOBS a good Wordle opening word?
- SWOBS has a repeated letter (S), 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 SWOBS mean?
- SWOBS: A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids.
- What is the Scrabble score for SWOBS?
- 10 points. Tile breakdown: S(1) + W(4) + O(1) + B(3) + S(1). The highest-value tile is W (4 points), contributing 40% of the total. This score is higher than 73% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
- What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
- 3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). 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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