5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VAIRY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Divided into vair-bells of two or more tinctures.

Alternative forms: vairé, verré, verrey

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 VAIRY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAIRY 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,348 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___Y V in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position V__R_ V in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE CONTE SOLDE CRONE
Words starting with V Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAIRY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,348 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAIRY ranks #8,348 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
21
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
41%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
268
249
149
129
128
121
106
62
56
55
53
53
44
41
39
30
26
19
18
17
17
17
16
14
13
13
13
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAIRY:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
11.4% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
10.6% →
TOUSE 5.44 bits
6.3% →
CONTE 5.27 bits
5.5% →
SOLDE 4.68 bits
5.4% →
STOLE 4.98 bits
5.1% →
CRONE 4.39 bits
4.5% →
CLOTE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
RINSE 4.34 bits
2.4% →
CONTE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1I1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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