5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

VAPOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈveɪpə//ˈveɪpɚ/

Noun

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

Noun

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

Verb

To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.

Verb

To turn into vapor.

Alternative forms: vapour

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 VAPOR performs as a guess

VAPOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,024 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___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

STILE SLATE SONLY SEITY TUILE TRACE
Words starting with V Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAPOR 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
0.70 Volatility
#6,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAPOR ranks #6,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
229
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VAPOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
241
220
185
147
139
105
84
64
50
46
41
37
33
32
29
26
23
23
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAPOR:

19% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
STILE 6.10 bits
10.2% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
9.3% →
SONLY 4.82 bits
7.8% →
SEITY 5.36 bits
6.2% →
TUILE 4.48 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
4.5% →
STONE 4.59 bits
3.6% →
SLICE 5.02 bits
2.7% →
SEINE 3.71 bits
2.1% →
TONAL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1P3O1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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