5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VADGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The vagina.

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 VADGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VADGE 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,139 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SETER SLART SIREN SONLY ROUND
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VADGE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VADGE ranks #9,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
750
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
12
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
284
257
170
140
100
84
80
69
66
40
36
32
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VADGE:

21% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
SETER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
HOIST 5.83 bits
12.0% →
SETER 5.48 bits
10.9% →
SLART 5.44 bits
7.2% →
SIREN 4.53 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.44 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.89 bits
3.6% →
ROUND 4.81 bits
3.4% →
GROUT 4.91 bits
2.9% →
SLART 4.53 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1D2G2E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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