5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VARES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vare

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 VARES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARES 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,948 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position VA_ES V in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT TOILE SPILT PLANT DROIT DEALT
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,948 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARES ranks #6,948 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
12
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

324
191
151
129
127
105
105
99
88
86
80
69
65
64
42
40
34
32
27
25
25
24
23
23
18
18
17
17
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARES:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SPILT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
CLOUT 5.43 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
6.4% →
SPILT 4.94 bits
5.5% →
PLANT 4.95 bits
5.4% →
DROIT 4.83 bits
4.5% →
DEALT 4.86 bits
4.5% →
TANGY 4.02 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 3.41 bits
3.7% →
TRAIN 4.19 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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