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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

VALID

Yes, VALID was the Wordle answer on October 11, 2022 (Wordle #479).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvælɪd//ˈvæ.lɪd//ˈveɪ.lɪd/

Adjective

Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.

“I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.”

Adjective

Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.

“A valid format for the date is DD/MM/YY.”

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: October 11, 2022 (#479).

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

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How VALID performs as a guess

VALID is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,725 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___D V in the 1st position and D in the 5th position V__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE STARE SIENT ROUSE RONTE SLATE
Words starting with V Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALID 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,725 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALID ranks #6,725 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
10
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:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D I M L Y
V A L I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VALID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
262
246
159
159
139
83
65
50
42
40
35
34
33
28
28
23
19
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALID:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
TORSE 6.36 bits
11.1% →
STARE 5.65 bits
10.4% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
6.7% →
ROUSE 5.00 bits
6.7% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
5.9% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
3.5% →
DRONE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.13 bits
2.1% →
CONTE 4.80 bits
1.8% →
DRONE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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