5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VARNA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːnə//ˈvɑːnə/

Noun

any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes

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 VARNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARNA 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,456 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE TRACE BLITE HOISE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARNA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,456 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARNA ranks #10,456 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
22
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

603
308
234
168
146
118
93
87
48
47
47
36
34
27
25
24
24
22
18
17
16
13
13
10
9
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARNA:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
13.1% →
TOISE 5.34 bits
9.9% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
7.1% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
6.2% →
TRACE 4.93 bits
5.0% →
BLITE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
HOISE 4.81 bits
3.7% →
TOISE 4.66 bits
2.0% →
SIDER 4.18 bits
2.0% →
SLICE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1N1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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