5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VASAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to a vessel (of the body).

Noun

Alternative spelling of vassal.

Verb

Alternative spelling of vassal.

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 VASAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VASAL 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,488 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TOILE RONTE PEART FLANE SLIPE
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VASAL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,488 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VASAL ranks #11,488 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
299
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
266
224
183
157
96
80
57
46
46
45
40
36
33
25
24
24
21
20
19
16
16
15
15
10
10
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VASAL:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
11.3% →
TRONE 5.52 bits
9.5% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
7.8% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
4.1% →
PEART 4.44 bits
3.4% →
FLANE 4.33 bits
2.4% →
SLIPE 4.55 bits
2.0% →
TRODE 4.40 bits
2.0% →
TOISE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1S1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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