Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

VAWTE

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

No dictionary definition for VAWTE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use VAWTE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How VAWTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VAWTE 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,892 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe VAWTE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.59 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How VAWTE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#10,892 Rank among openers
Opening with VAWTE left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.78 average. It ranks #10,892 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

VAWTE can come back 85 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

430 answers
238 answers
217 answers
180 answers
167 answers
122 answers
102 answers
89 answers
87 answers
76 answers
52 answers
50 answers
42 answers
41 answers
34 answers
29 answers
29 answers
27 answers
27 answers
25 answers
19 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
10 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1W4T1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing VAWTE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to VAWTE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VAWTE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
10.0% →
SLIER 5.15 bits
9.1% →
SNARL 5.16 bits
7.6% →
SIREN 4.54 bits
7.0% →
HOIST 5.29 bits
5.1% →
SONLY 4.45 bits
4.3% →
SETER 4.83 bits
3.7% →
RENAL 4.78 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.76 bits
3.2% →
SLART 3.85 bits

Research on VAWTE

Game-tree analysis and word research for VAWTE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with VAWTE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.77 guesses and ranks #9,081 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.89 guesses at best and is rank #4,027 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.78; proven optimal play reaches 3.77. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).