5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VARDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɑrdə/

Proper noun

174567 Varda: a trans-Neptunian object and possible dwarf planet, with one known moon (Ilmarë).

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 VARDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARDA 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 315 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,261 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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

TOILE TOISE SLATE SCOTE TRACE TUILE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
315 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARDA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,261 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARDA ranks #12,261 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
692
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
334
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
24%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
313
267
145
141
124
95
61
50
36
32
31
26
24
22
20
16
16
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
9
9
8
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARDA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
TOILE 6.02 bits
13.3% →
TOISE 5.44 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
6.1% →
SCOTE 4.68 bits
6.0% →
TRACE 4.88 bits
5.3% →
TUILE 5.20 bits
4.0% →
TOUSE 4.93 bits
2.6% →
DRIER 4.48 bits
2.1% →
CLOTE 3.55 bits
1.5% →
PLEAD 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1D2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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