5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VACUA

VACUA is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 83.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.kju.ə/

Noun

plural of vacuum

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How VACUA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VACUA as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 379 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,863 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

V___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SILER ALERT SOLER TORSE TRICE SHARE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
379 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VACUA performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,863 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VACUA ranks #13,863 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
384
6 guesses
31
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
21%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
362
251
179
166
95
57
50
49
38
30
24
21
21
18
15
15
15
12
12
12
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8
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6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VACUA:

33% chance
Suggested:
SILER
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

33.3% →
SILER 5.94 bits
15.4% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
10.6% →
SOLER 4.88 bits
7.6% →
TORSE 4.92 bits
7.0% →
TRICE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
SHARE 4.60 bits
2.4% →
CHURN 4.26 bits
2.1% →
RIONE 4.61 bits
2.1% →
STIRE 4.60 bits
1.6% →
CONTE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for VACUA; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

V4A1C3U1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.