5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VEXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vex

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 VEXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEXES 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 63.6% of games, misses completely in 36.4%, and leaves about 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,627 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SAULT RAILE RAINY SLART CLARY
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEXES 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,627 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEXES ranks #14,627 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
526
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
480
6 guesses
34
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

859
331
296
166
145
139
37
32
30
27
25
24
24
23
21
19
18
17
12
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEXES:

36% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.4% →
TALON 5.73 bits
14.0% →
SAULT 5.15 bits
12.6% →
RAILE 5.01 bits
7.0% →
RAINY 4.34 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.69 bits
5.9% →
CLARY 4.93 bits
1.6% →
TRADE 3.93 bits
1.4% →
SONAR 3.97 bits
1.3% →
COALY 4.10 bits
1.1% →
ARIEL 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1X8E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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