5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VENAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəl/

Adjective

Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit.

Adjective

Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.

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 VENAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VENAL 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,128 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SHORT TROPE SMART SOULY TARSE IRONY
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VENAL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,128 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VENAL ranks #5,128 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
13
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:
AELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
270
227
135
128
114
84
81
79
73
72
47
44
31
29
28
27
26
26
25
23
23
22
21
20
18
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VENAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SHORT
11% chance
Suggested:
TROPE
10% chance
Suggested:
SMART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SHORT 5.99 bits
11.5% →
TROPE 5.30 bits
9.6% →
SMART 5.15 bits
5.7% →
SOULY 4.81 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
IRONY 4.91 bits
3.6% →
DETER 4.48 bits
3.4% →
SUETE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SIREE 4.81 bits
3.1% →
TRAIN 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1N1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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