5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VATIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvætɪk/

Adjective

Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.

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 VATIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VATIC 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,788 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER LEARN SNIDE SHOER CHORE SOREL
Words starting with V Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VATIC 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VATIC ranks #6,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
19
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:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

478
266
222
182
135
128
112
99
82
54
40
36
35
33
32
29
25
21
21
21
19
17
16
14
12
12
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VATIC:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
SNIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SOLER 5.98 bits
11.3% →
LEARN 5.38 bits
9.4% →
SNIDE 5.28 bits
7.7% →
SHOER 5.70 bits
5.7% →
CHORE 5.41 bits
5.4% →
SOREL 4.63 bits
4.7% →
LEAST 5.09 bits
4.2% →
GRISE 4.58 bits
3.5% →
SHORE 4.68 bits
2.3% →
SLICE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1T1I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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