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Contact the research team ↗01 Quick facts
Four findings ready to cite.
of the five-letter words in our solver dictionary contain at least one repeated letter.
letters carry a higher base value in Words With Friends than in Scrabble.
of Q words in our broad solver dictionary contain no U at all.
Please attribute findings to UnscramblerHQ and link to the relevant study. Percentages and rankings describe the stated solver dictionary—not The New York Times’ private Wordle answer list or official tournament word eligibility.
Study 01 Wordle
Letter frequency across 12,653 five-letter words
Position-by-position letter rankings, vowel distribution, repeat frequency, common endings, and information-first opening guesses.
Study 03 Language
How often Q appears without U
A dictionary-wide count of Q-without-U exceptions, their word lengths, Q positions, and the letters that most often follow Q instead.
Study 02 Scoring
Scrabble vs. Words With Friends tile values
A word-by-word comparison of base scores, average score by length, short power words, and the letters that create the largest gap.
02 Citation & story kit
Make the research easy to use—and easy to link.
Why repeated letters matter more than players think
Our broad five-letter dataset finds that 38.9% of entries repeat at least one letter.
Source: UnscramblerHQ, “Wordle Letter Frequency Study”Open the source study →How tile values change between two major word games
Seventeen of 26 letters have a higher printed value in Words With Friends than in Scrabble.
Source: UnscramblerHQ, “Scrabble vs. Words With Friends”Open the source study →The best five-letter starters for testing information
The study combines overall letter frequency, exact position, unique letters, and ordinary-English recognizability.
Source: UnscramblerHQ five-letter word studyOpen the rankings →The tiny fraction of Q words that break the Q-U rule
Only 1.8% of Q words in our broad solver dictionary contain no U, and A is the most common letter immediately after Q among the exceptions.
Source: UnscramblerHQ, “How Often Does Q Appear Without U?”Open the source study →For writers and educators: Aggregate findings and downloads may be reused with attribution and a link to the relevant UnscramblerHQ study. Email hello@unscramblerhq.com for custom cuts, methodology questions, or an interview.
03 Method & reuse
Reproducible by design.
Each report identifies its source dictionary, filters, calculations, exclusions, and the distinction between broad dictionary analysis and official game eligibility. The scoring report separates printed tile values from board-dependent bonuses.
Writers may quote the published aggregate findings with attribution and a link. For methodology questions, custom cuts of the data, interviews, or correction requests, email hello@unscramblerhq.com.
04 About UnscramblerHQ
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