5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VARIX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein.

Noun

In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture.

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 VARIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARIX 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,867 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SIENT TOUSE TRACE TONEY
Words starting with V Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARIX 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,867 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARIX ranks #12,867 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
375
6 guesses
24
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
300
269
255
169
165
109
85
59
45
31
29
24
19
18
17
15
15
14
12
12
12
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARIX:

22% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
STOLE 5.90 bits
12.7% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
11.4% →
SIENT 5.29 bits
10.8% →
TOUSE 5.26 bits
7.2% →
TRACE 4.74 bits
7.0% →
TONEY 4.47 bits
4.6% →
SPINE 4.27 bits
3.6% →
SHUTE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.80 bits
1.9% →
CLOTE 3.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1I1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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