5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VALIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vali

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 VALIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VALIS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,270 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRINE TRACE PORTE RONTE ROUET
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALIS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,270 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALIS ranks #6,270 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
11
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
212
204
196
146
138
121
110
84
62
52
42
38
33
32
30
26
25
22
17
17
17
16
16
15
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALIS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TONER 6.01 bits
9.0% →
TRINE 5.42 bits
8.7% →
TRACE 5.62 bits
8.3% →
PORTE 5.54 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
5.9% →
ROUET 5.09 bits
5.1% →
REACT 4.70 bits
4.7% →
PEART 4.84 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.59 bits
2.6% →
GRICE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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