Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VAPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vape

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vape

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 VAPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAPES 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,180 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAPES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,180 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAPES ranks #8,180 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
16
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
253
201
160
148
146
132
85
80
67
45
38
37
36
36
29
27
27
24
24
21
20
18
16
13
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAPES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6%
COURT 5.72 bits
10.7%
TOILE 5.10 bits
8.5%
TRAIL 5.23 bits
6.8%
SOUTH 5.03 bits
6.3%
DEALT 4.83 bits
6.2%
TRODE 4.20 bits
5.6%
CANDY 4.01 bits
3.6%
RONTE 4.53 bits
3.4%
SHALT 4.56 bits
2.8%
POUTY 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1P3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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