5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

VAUNT

VAUNT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɔːnt//voːnt//vɔnt/

Verb

To speak boastfully.

Verb

To speak boastfully about.

Noun

An instance of vaunting; a boast.

Noun

The first part.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 VAUNT performs as a guess

VAUNT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,438 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___T V in the 1st position and T in the 5th position V__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER CRAME SHORE SILER SOREL SLIER
Words starting with V Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VAUNT 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VAUNT ranks #5,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
11
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:
ANTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
D O U G H
J E T T Y
V A U N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VAUNT in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

478
284
154
140
138
131
85
79
61
61
60
56
54
44
39
33
31
30
24
24
22
22
21
18
14
12
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAUNT:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
CRAME
7% chance
Suggested:
SHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
12.0% →
CRAME 5.48 bits
6.5% →
SHORE 5.43 bits
5.9% →
SILER 5.15 bits
5.9% →
SILER 4.80 bits
5.6% →
SOREL 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SLIER 5.18 bits
3.4% →
SERAL 4.86 bits
2.6% →
CLOSE 4.77 bits
2.6% →
SOREL 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1U1N1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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