5-Letter Word

VOICE

The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

V1
O2
I3
C4
E5
Letter positions
Word
voice
Position 1
v
Position 2
o
Position 3
i
Position 4
c
Position 5
e
Structure
Vowel count
3
Consonant count
2
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2, 3, 5
Game use
Wordle friendly
Yes
Scrabble score
10

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 3 vowels (same as this word)1,24910.0%
Vowels at positions 2, 3, 53092.5%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
V12311.9%
O22,00816.1%
I31,0188.2%
C43893.1%
E51,47711.8%

Wordle Utility — Tier 1 — Opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
Yes 3 vowels
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 1 — Opener pool: 4,926 of 12,478 words (39.5%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
V1440%
O2110%
I3110%
C4330%
E5110%
Total10Higher than 73% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is VOICE a good Wordle opening word?
VOICE meets all three opener criteria: no repeated letters, 3 vowels (threshold: ≥2), and no low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J). It belongs to the Tier 1 opener pool of 4,926 words — 39.5% of the 12,478-word dataset.
What does VOICE mean?
VOICE: The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
What is the Scrabble score for VOICE?
10 points. Tile breakdown: V(4) + O(1) + I(1) + C(3) + E(1). The highest-value tile is V (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 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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