5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VASES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vase

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vase

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 VASES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VASES 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,601 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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

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COUNT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SNOUT
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VASES 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,601 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VASES ranks #13,601 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
29%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
296
230
171
171
169
150
104
91
52
45
35
29
24
22
20
20
13
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VASES:

21% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
COUNT 5.70 bits
12.5% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
9.7% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
7.2% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
7.2% →
DEALT 4.87 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.84 bits
6.4% →
CARAT 3.97 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.41 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.46 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1S1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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