5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VANDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any orchid of the genus Vanda.

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 VANDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VANDA 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 383 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,934 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__D_ V in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLATE TOISE DRIED GRISE HOISE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
383 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VANDA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VANDA ranks #11,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
23%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
328
211
168
144
85
78
54
42
38
38
28
24
23
20
19
16
15
14
14
14
11
11
10
9
9
9
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VANDA:

35% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
TORSE 6.13 bits
13.9% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
8.9% →
TOISE 5.46 bits
7.1% →
TORSE 4.87 bits
6.1% →
DRIED 5.22 bits
3.6% →
GRISE 4.62 bits
3.3% →
HOISE 4.55 bits
2.3% →
DROLE 4.53 bits
1.8% →
ROULE 4.56 bits
1.6% →
RUOTE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1N1D2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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