5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

VALOR

VALOR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvælɚ/

Noun

US standard spelling of valour.

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

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 VALOR performs as a guess

VALOR 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,338 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R V in the 1st position and R in the 5th position V__O_ V in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT SPITE CONTE STANE SLICE TRACE
Words starting with V Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALOR 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
0.72 Volatility
#5,338 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALOR ranks #5,338 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
F A L E S
V A L O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VALOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
199
184
160
156
132
122
121
112
60
60
40
39
37
32
31
30
28
27
23
23
20
19
16
13
13
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALOR:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
8% chance
Suggested:
SPITE
8% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SIENT 6.14 bits
8.4% →
SPITE 5.52 bits
7.8% →
CONTE 5.13 bits
6.8% →
STANE 5.43 bits
6.6% →
SLICE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.88 bits
5.2% →
SPANE 4.65 bits
5.1% →
SIENT 4.52 bits
4.7% →
STONE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
SEINE 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1O1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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