5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VACUI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 VACUI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VACUI 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___I V in the 1st position and I in the 5th position V__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL ALERT TRINE SOLER TORSE SHORE
Words starting with V Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VACUI 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VACUI ranks #11,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
23
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
348
345
212
170
95
89
70
68
46
41
37
35
32
31
31
18
17
17
15
11
11
11
11
11
10
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VACUI:

19% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
SOREL 5.86 bits
14.8% →
ALERT 5.61 bits
14.6% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
9.0% →
SOLER 4.98 bits
7.2% →
TORSE 4.76 bits
4.0% →
SHORE 5.08 bits
3.8% →
SHORE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
TRICE 4.37 bits
2.9% →
ALANE 4.63 bits
2.0% →
LUNCH 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1C3U1I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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