5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VAKAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of vakass.

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 VAKAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAKAS 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 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,115 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET ALERT RONTE THALE RENAL
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.44 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAKAS 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,115 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAKAS ranks #14,115 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
610
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
422
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
22%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

883
314
248
189
102
93
70
54
48
46
30
27
27
23
19
18
18
14
13
10
10
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAKAS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
13.3% →
ROUET 5.52 bits
10.5% →
ALERT 5.44 bits
8.0% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.57 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.56 bits
3.0% →
CLINE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 4.62 bits
2.0% →
SPITE 4.20 bits
2.0% →
TUILE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1K5A1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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