5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VEGIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of veggie (vegetarian)

Noun

Alternative form of veggie (vegetable)

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 VEGIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEGIE 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 68.9% of games, misses completely in 31.1%, and leaves about 311 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,526 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SOLAR SLATY SLART CLARY COAST
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
311 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEGIE 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,526 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEGIE ranks #12,526 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
36%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

734
237
223
179
126
108
86
74
72
51
41
39
28
24
21
20
18
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8
8
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7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEGIE:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.1% →
ROAST 5.92 bits
10.1% →
SOLAR 5.23 bits
9.5% →
SLATY 4.86 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.24 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 5.05 bits
4.6% →
COAST 5.08 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.89 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.13 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.63 bits
2.2% →
STEER 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1G2I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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