5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

VENOM

Yes, VENOM was the Wordle answer on July 5, 2023 (Wordle #746).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnəm/

Noun

An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.

Noun

Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

Verb

To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Adjective

Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 5, 2023 (#746).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How VENOM performs as a guess

VENOM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,556 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

V__O_ V in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR DORSE SAUCY SIREE WRONG
Words starting with V Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VENOM 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,556 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VENOM ranks #8,556 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
23%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
V E N O M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VENOM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
423
217
147
142
98
93
83
64
59
46
46
37
28
27
24
21
21
21
19
18
17
16
14
14
13
12
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VENOM:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SLART 6.05 bits
17.9% →
STAIR 5.48 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.2% →
STAIR 5.16 bits
6.0% →
SLART 5.08 bits
4.2% →
DORSE 4.47 bits
3.9% →
SAUCY 4.71 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.65 bits
2.7% →
WRONG 4.21 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1N1O1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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