5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VALSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɑls/

Noun

Archaic form of waltz.

Verb

Archaic form of waltz.

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 VALSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VALSE 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 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,512 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__S_ V in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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COUNT DETER TRAIN SNOUT RONTE GRICE
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALSE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,512 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALSE ranks #4,512 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
224
139
128
124
122
116
80
72
67
60
54
43
41
39
38
33
32
32
30
29
25
24
22
19
19
18
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
DETER
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
9.5% →
DETER 5.43 bits
5.9% →
TRAIN 5.33 bits
5.4% →
SNOUT 5.01 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.08 bits
5.2% →
GRICE 4.38 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.82 bits
3.4% →
ALTAR 4.22 bits
3.1% →
TREAD 4.66 bits
2.8% →
ELDER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1S1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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