5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VEALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of veal

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of veal

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 VEALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEALS 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,938 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE CARAT SNOUT SPIRE TARGE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEALS 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,938 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEALS ranks #5,938 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
254
197
159
111
99
97
92
67
66
66
52
51
44
37
34
32
29
28
26
24
23
22
22
21
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEALS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
10.8% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
8.4% →
CARAT 4.94 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 5.03 bits
4.7% →
SPIRE 4.83 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.59 bits
4.1% →
CLOUT 4.58 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.46 bits
2.8% →
ELIDE 4.26 bits
2.8% →
TONAL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1A1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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