5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VARDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɑː.dəʊ//ˈvɑɹˌdoʊ/

Noun

A traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the Romani.

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 VARDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARDO 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,234 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___O V in the 1st position and O in the 5th position V__D_ V in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLANE STOLE SIENT SEITY TRACE
Words starting with V Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARDO 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,234 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARDO ranks #8,234 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
18
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
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

453
252
229
193
147
134
114
79
60
54
43
42
37
33
31
29
23
22
22
21
20
17
15
15
14
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARDO:

19% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
STILE 6.08 bits
10.7% →
SLANE 5.66 bits
9.7% →
STOLE 5.06 bits
8.2% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
6.2% →
SEITY 4.50 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
4.8% →
STONE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
TUILE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
SHUTE 4.64 bits
2.3% →
TONAL 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1D2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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