5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VEINY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈveɪni/

Adjective

Having prominent veins.

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 VEINY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEINY 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ROAST SOLAR SLART SONAR SATER
Words starting with V Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEINY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,893 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEINY ranks #8,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
40%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
431
182
130
111
92
90
72
71
69
57
55
41
39
37
37
34
28
24
22
19
17
15
15
14
13
13
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEINY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
18.3% →
ROAST 6.02 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.79 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 5.26 bits
4.7% →
SLART 5.02 bits
3.9% →
SONAR 5.00 bits
3.8% →
SLART 5.00 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.53 bits
3.0% →
SATER 4.03 bits
2.9% →
LAREE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1I1N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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