5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VERST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɜːst//vɝst/

Noun

A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.

Alternative forms: versta, verste, werst

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 VERST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VERST 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,582 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___T V in the 1st position and T in the 5th position V__S_ V in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE DRAIN CADIE SNAIL TITAN
Words starting with V Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VERST 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,582 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VERST ranks #3,582 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
216
181
164
136
116
73
66
63
52
50
48
48
44
43
34
32
32
31
31
27
25
25
24
24
19
19
18
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VERST:

16% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
COALY 5.67 bits
9.2% →
ANILE 5.58 bits
7.7% →
DRAIN 5.30 bits
7.0% →
CADIE 4.36 bits
5.8% →
SNAIL 5.07 bits
4.9% →
TITAN 4.98 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
ANILE 4.55 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.51 bits
2.2% →
THALE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1R1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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