5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VELDT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Dated spelling of veld.

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 VELDT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VELDT 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,907 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___T V in the 1st position and T in the 5th position V__D_ V in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR SLAIN SLANE TARSE HOARD CARNE
Words starting with V Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VELDT 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,907 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VELDT ranks #7,907 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
27%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
312
196
179
117
110
106
84
69
66
47
40
35
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29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VELDT:

19% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
13% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
SONAR 5.70 bits
13.2% →
SONAR 5.63 bits
8.3% →
SLAIN 4.99 bits
7.6% →
SONAR 5.09 bits
5.0% →
SLANE 4.47 bits
4.7% →
SONAR 4.93 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 4.73 bits
3.6% →
HOARD 5.06 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 4.46 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1L1D2T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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