5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VEERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of veer

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 VEERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEERS 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__R_ V in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN SLANT ANILE TOILE DEALT
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEERS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEERS ranks #11,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
25%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

558
253
252
226
175
97
82
60
50
41
39
32
31
27
27
22
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEERS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
TALON 5.72 bits
10.7% →
TRAIN 5.09 bits
10.7% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
9.6% →
ANILE 5.50 bits
7.4% →
TOILE 4.34 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.49 bits
3.5% →
DEALT 4.54 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.51 bits
2.1% →
COAST 4.29 bits
1.7% →
RAINY 3.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1E1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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