5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VESTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛstə/

Noun

A short match, made of wood or wax.

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 VESTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VESTA 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,534 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 V__T_ V in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE SLUNK COURT
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VESTA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,534 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VESTA ranks #6,534 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
14
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
256
234
137
117
108
96
92
86
81
73
66
41
41
40
39
38
31
31
28
27
20
18
16
15
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VESTA:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COULD 5.57 bits
10.9% →
DROLE 5.25 bits
9.9% →
CAROL 5.25 bits
5.8% →
LARGE 4.70 bits
5.0% →
SLUNK 4.78 bits
4.6% →
COURT 5.07 bits
4.1% →
SPIRE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
TALON 4.33 bits
3.6% →
GENRE 4.07 bits
3.4% →
CLASH 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1S1T1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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