5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VEALY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪə.li/

Adjective

Resembling veal.

“This meat had a vealy taste to it, didn't it?”

Adjective

Immature or naive.

Alternative forms: veally

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 VEALY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEALY 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,488 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___Y V in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SIREE CAIRN SIDER TARSE SHART
Words starting with V Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEALY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,488 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEALY ranks #10,488 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
296
6 guesses
26
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
343
167
131
124
114
105
90
83
71
70
51
45
40
35
31
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26
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEALY:

16% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
COURT 6.06 bits
14.5% →
SIREE 5.40 bits
7.1% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.6% →
SIDER 3.79 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
4.8% →
SHART 4.76 bits
4.5% →
CLOUT 4.54 bits
3.8% →
DETER 4.47 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.30 bits
3.0% →
TONAL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1A1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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