5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VAIRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of vair.

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 VAIRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAIRE 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 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,060 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__R_ V in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH SLANT SLEET SPLIT OUTER TROOP
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.28 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAIRE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#6,060 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAIRE ranks #6,060 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
43%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

269
159
158
130
123
118
113
90
89
85
76
59
44
38
36
36
36
35
34
34
33
33
31
30
29
28
19
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAIRE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
SLOTH 5.52 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
6.7% →
SLEET 5.34 bits
5.5% →
SPLIT 4.62 bits
5.2% →
OUTER 4.07 bits
5.0% →
TROOP 4.51 bits
4.8% →
SONLY 4.41 bits
3.8% →
SOULY 4.64 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
3.6% →
CLEAT 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1I1R1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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