5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VADES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vade

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 VADES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VADES 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,190 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position VA_ES V in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SPOUT ALERT TONER
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VADES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,190 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VADES ranks #8,190 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
228
188
187
133
128
125
107
92
83
52
49
43
42
35
34
32
27
26
22
18
17
16
16
15
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12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VADES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
COUNT 5.83 bits
9.7% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
8.0% →
TRAIL 5.19 bits
7.9% →
SPOUT 4.92 bits
5.6% →
ALERT 4.77 bits
5.4% →
TONER 4.31 bits
5.3% →
CARAT 4.09 bits
4.5% →
PORTE 4.64 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.58 bits
3.5% →
ROUND 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1D2E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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