5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VENEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛneɪ/

Noun

A bout; a thrust; a venew.

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 VENEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VENEY 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,535 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR ANISE COAST STEER
Words starting with V Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VENEY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,535 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VENEY ranks #12,535 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
685
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
40%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
350
234
213
137
93
70
54
48
36
32
31
28
26
24
22
21
21
20
18
18
17
15
13
9
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VENEY:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
ROAST 6.05 bits
14.8% →
SLART 5.67 bits
9.9% →
SOLAR 4.67 bits
9.0% →
ROAST 5.22 bits
5.8% →
SOLAR 4.55 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.96 bits
3.0% →
ANISE 4.58 bits
2.3% →
COAST 4.30 bits
2.0% →
STEER 4.01 bits
1.5% →
SLART 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1N1E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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