5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VAGAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to the vagus nerve.

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 VAGAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAGAL 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 63.7% of games, misses completely in 36.3%, and leaves about 391 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,327 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TOILE CRATE TRICE RIONE SPATE
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
391 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAGAL 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,327 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAGAL ranks #12,327 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
328
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

856
246
246
170
116
94
63
56
43
39
34
32
29
28
23
20
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8
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAGAL:

36% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.3% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.03 bits
10.4% →
CRATE 5.55 bits
7.2% →
TRICE 4.94 bits
4.9% →
RIONE 5.47 bits
4.0% →
SPATE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
TREAD 4.37 bits
2.4% →
SOWER 4.27 bits
1.8% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
1.7% →
SALLE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1G2A1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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