5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VARUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.

Noun

Acne.

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 VARUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VARUS 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,112 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALANE STILE CLONE TRADE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VARUS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VARUS ranks #8,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
250
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
236
218
190
159
145
127
103
62
55
55
53
53
40
34
26
26
23
18
16
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VARUS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
10.0% →
TRIED 5.32 bits
9.2% →
ALANE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
STILE 5.43 bits
6.7% →
CLONE 4.84 bits
6.1% →
TRADE 4.71 bits
5.4% →
TONEY 4.60 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.76 bits
2.6% →
SHUNT 4.21 bits
2.3% →
STONE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1R1U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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