- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
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Five-letter words starting with VAL
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that start with VAL.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: VALET (November 12, 2022); VALID (October 11, 2022); VALUE (May 4, 2024).
ABOVE does not fit this page's clues. VALUE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The VAL prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- V most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 4th (11%).
- A most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- L most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (11%).
Word notes
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VALET
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
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Past Wordle answer: November 12, 2022.
VALID
Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
“I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.”
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Past Wordle answer: October 11, 2022.
VALOR
US standard spelling of valour.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VALUE
The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
“There is tremendous value in a good education.”
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Past Wordle answer: May 4, 2024.
VALVE
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
“open the valve”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VALES
plural of vale
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VALIS
plural of vali
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VALLI
One of the two consorts of Murugan, the god of war.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
VALSE
Archaic form of waltz.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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