5-Letter Word

YOGHS

A letter of the middle english alphabet (capital ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the old english shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds

Y1
O2
G3
H4
S5
Letter positions
Word
yoghs
Position 1
y
Position 2
o
Position 3
g
Position 4
h
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
12

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
Y11751.4%
O22,00816.1%
G33512.8%
H42241.8%
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
Y1433%
O218%
G3217%
H4433%
S518%
Total12Higher than 87% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is YOGHS a good Wordle opening word?
YOGHS 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 YOGHS mean?
YOGHS: A letter of the middle english alphabet (capital ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the old english shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds.
What is the Scrabble score for YOGHS?
12 points. Tile breakdown: Y(4) + O(1) + G(2) + H(4) + S(1). The highest-value tile is Y (4 points), contributing 33% of the total. This score is higher than 87% 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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