5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VACUO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% 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 VACUO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VACUO 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,226 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___O V in the 1st position and O in the 5th position V__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED ALERT TRONE PULSE SILER TRICE
Words starting with V Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VACUO 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,226 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VACUO ranks #11,226 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
30
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:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

456
339
304
199
178
98
87
79
64
47
45
35
32
30
25
25
25
19
18
16
15
13
13
10
10
10
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VACUO:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
TRIED 5.91 bits
14.4% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
12.9% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
8.4% →
PULSE 5.12 bits
7.5% →
SILER 4.64 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.03 bits
3.7% →
CRISE 4.46 bits
3.4% →
MOLAR 4.35 bits
2.7% →
SONCE 4.29 bits
2.0% →
LUNCH 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1C3U1O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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