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
| Filter | Words | % of 12,478 |
|---|---|---|
| Words with 1 vowel (same as this word) | 3,736 | 29.9% |
| Vowels at position 2 | 2,022 | 16.2% |
| Words with no repeated letters | 8,013 | 64.2% |
Letter-Position Frequency
| Letter | Position | Words | % of dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | 1 | 175 | 1.4% |
| O | 2 | 2,008 | 16.1% |
| G | 3 | 351 | 2.8% |
| H | 4 | 224 | 1.8% |
| S | 5 | 3,805 | 30.5% |
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
| Letter | Position | Tile value | Share of score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y | 1 | 4 | 33% |
| O | 2 | 1 | 8% |
| G | 3 | 2 | 17% |
| H | 4 | 4 | 33% |
| S | 5 | 1 | 8% |
| Total | 12 | Higher 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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