5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VERBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 VERBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VERBA 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,473 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT STILE TOISE DROIT TRAIN
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VERBA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,473 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VERBA ranks #9,473 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
289
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
21%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
277
255
161
145
136
116
76
70
50
47
35
35
33
32
27
27
26
21
21
19
19
19
17
17
16
16
16
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VERBA:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
11.7% →
SLANT 5.43 bits
10.8% →
STILE 5.52 bits
6.8% →
TOISE 4.50 bits
6.1% →
DROIT 4.88 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
4.9% →
TRAIN 4.41 bits
3.2% →
CASTE 3.86 bits
3.0% →
SENTE 4.09 bits
2.1% →
BLUNT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1R1B3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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