5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VAGUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/

Noun

A homeless person or vagrant.

Noun

Ellipsis of 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 VAGUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAGUS 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT STIPE CLONE RONTE THALE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAGUS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAGUS ranks #10,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

581
323
249
190
176
137
88
72
48
47
42
35
28
25
23
19
19
15
14
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAGUS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TONER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TONER 5.89 bits
13.7% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
10.6% →
STIPE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
CLONE 4.92 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
5.8% →
THALE 4.72 bits
3.7% →
DRONE 5.42 bits
3.1% →
SHUNT 4.20 bits
2.0% →
SPILE 4.01 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1G2U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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