5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

VALET

Yes, VALET was the Wordle answer on November 12, 2022 (Wordle #511).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvæleɪ//ˈvælɪt//væˈleɪ/

Noun

A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.

Noun

A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.

Verb

To serve (someone) as a valet.

Verb

To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 12, 2022 (#511).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How VALET performs as a guess

VALET is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,449 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

V___T V in the 1st position and T in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY NOIRE CRANK SOULY SOUTH SENOR
Words starting with V Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALET 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,449 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALET ranks #5,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
V A L E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VALET in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
221
147
130
122
122
104
96
81
75
71
61
52
40
38
37
33
31
29
29
27
23
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALET:

13% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
9% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRANK

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
IRONY 5.48 bits
9.4% →
NOIRE 5.27 bits
6.2% →
CRANK 4.80 bits
5.5% →
SOULY 4.63 bits
5.2% →
SOUTH 4.98 bits
5.2% →
SENOR 4.27 bits
4.4% →
SCARE 4.59 bits
4.1% →
RAINY 4.04 bits
3.4% →
CLASP 4.12 bits
3.2% →
ROUSE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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