5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VENUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəs/

Noun

Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.

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 VENUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VENUS 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL TRADE SLART CLARY CURLY GRAIN
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VENUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VENUS ranks #9,722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
20%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

455
349
199
143
136
134
134
80
63
59
54
46
43
39
27
25
25
25
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VENUS:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
CAROL 5.95 bits
14.8% →
TRADE 5.34 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.20 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.95 bits
5.8% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
5.7% →
CURLY 4.74 bits
5.7% →
GRAIN 5.20 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 4.63 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 4.22 bits
2.5% →
COALY 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1N1U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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