5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VEINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /veɪnz/

Noun

plural of vein

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vein

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 VEINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEINS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,415 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL ORATE SLART PARTE DROIT CLARY
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEINS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEINS ranks #7,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
225
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
316
192
140
131
128
89
67
64
62
56
51
51
36
35
34
31
29
28
27
23
21
21
20
19
15
15
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEINS:

18% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
CORAL 5.87 bits
13.4% →
ORATE 5.25 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.35 bits
5.9% →
PARTE 5.01 bits
5.6% →
DROIT 4.82 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.98 bits
3.8% →
CANON 4.81 bits
2.8% →
ROAST 4.16 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.52 bits
2.6% →
OAKEN 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1I1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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