5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VELAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈviːlə//ˈveɪlə//ˈviːlɚ/

Adjective

Articulated at the velum or soft palate.

Adjective

Referring to a veil or velum.

Noun

A sound articulated at the soft palate.

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 VELAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VELAR 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,121 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___R V in the 1st position and R in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SAINT NOISE COURT CLOUT TOISE
Words starting with V Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VELAR 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,121 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VELAR ranks #6,121 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
18
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:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

327
196
180
170
123
117
116
93
87
79
74
66
47
41
37
37
31
29
27
19
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VELAR:

14% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
8% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
HOIST 5.82 bits
8.3% →
SAINT 5.34 bits
7.6% →
NOISE 5.29 bits
7.2% →
COURT 5.19 bits
5.2% →
CLOUT 4.71 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 4.62 bits
4.9% →
CHART 4.37 bits
3.9% →
SLEET 4.64 bits
3.7% →
SAUNT 4.46 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1L1A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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