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

VERGE

Yes, VERGE was the Wordle answer on February 4, 2024 (Wordle #960).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɜːd͡ʒ//vɝd͡ʒ//ˈvøːd͡ʒ/

Noun

A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

Noun

An edge or border.

Verb

To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

“Eating blowfish verges on insanity.”

Verb

To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.

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: February 4, 2024 (#960).

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

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How VERGE performs as a guess

VERGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,428 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

V___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT TRAIN SLANT SAINT SOILY COAST
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VERGE 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,428 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VERGE ranks #10,428 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
18
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
34%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
G E N R E
V E R G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VERGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

709
267
177
162
140
94
89
84
69
44
40
31
28
22
20
20
18
18
18
18
17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VERGE:

30% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
SAULT 5.86 bits
11.3% →
TRAIN 5.23 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
5.9% →
SAINT 4.17 bits
4.0% →
SOILY 4.95 bits
3.8% →
COAST 4.84 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.73 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.36 bits
1.9% →
REACT 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1R1G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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