5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

VAGUE

Yes, VAGUE was the Wordle answer on February 23, 2023 (Wordle #614).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /veɪɡ//væɡ/

Adjective

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

Adjective

Not having a precise meaning.

“a vague term of abuse”

Noun

An indefinite expanse.

Verb

To become vague or act in a vague manner.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 23, 2023 (#614).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How VAGUE performs as a guess

VAGUE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,818 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STORY DETER SLART SONLY SATYR SIREN
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAGUE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,818 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAGUE ranks #10,818 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
22
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:
AEU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
B O U G H
V A G U E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VAGUE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
322
264
187
156
144
128
76
53
42
42
36
34
30
30
29
28
28
28
20
19
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13
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9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAGUE:

16% chance
Suggested:
STORY
14% chance
Suggested:
DETER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
STORY 5.53 bits
13.7% →
DETER 5.39 bits
11.2% →
SLART 5.35 bits
7.9% →
SONLY 4.57 bits
6.6% →
SATYR 4.07 bits
6.1% →
SIREN 4.53 bits
5.4% →
ALERT 4.64 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.43 bits
2.2% →
GIRLY 4.63 bits
1.8% →
RUOTE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1G2U1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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