5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VASTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vast

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 VASTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VASTS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,065 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__T_ V in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE LEARN ROUET PROLE MORNE CHARE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VASTS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,065 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VASTS ranks #13,065 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
668
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
325
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
301
208
198
152
98
94
93
66
57
46
46
24
23
21
20
16
16
15
12
11
11
11
9
9
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VASTS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
12.8% →
LEARN 5.46 bits
8.8% →
ROUET 5.43 bits
8.4% →
PROLE 5.24 bits
6.4% →
MORNE 4.68 bits
4.2% →
ROUET 4.55 bits
4.0% →
CHARE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
ALERT 4.83 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1S1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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