5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VALES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vale

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 VALES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VALES 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 130 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,784 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position VA_ES V in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE SNOUT TRAIN TRODE RONTE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
130 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,784 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALES ranks #6,784 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
15
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
221
159
139
125
124
116
105
92
80
72
60
58
45
41
39
34
33
32
24
24
19
19
18
17
17
16
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALES:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
9.4% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 5.03 bits
5.9% →
TRAIN 5.33 bits
5.3% →
TRODE 4.23 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.08 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.82 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 4.94 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.66 bits
3.4% →
ALTAR 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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