5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VEXIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A vexillum.

Noun

A flag, a vexillum.

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 VEXIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEXIL 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,553 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST PRINT SOAPY STARY TRINE BLATE
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VEXIL 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,553 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VEXIL ranks #13,553 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
382
6 guesses
30
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
406
199
195
131
129
120
82
55
52
38
38
35
28
21
18
17
17
11
11
11
10
10
8
7
7
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEXIL:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
17% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
PRINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
17.2% →
ROAST 5.53 bits
8.4% →
PRINT 5.01 bits
8.3% →
SOAPY 4.99 bits
5.6% →
STARY 4.87 bits
5.5% →
TRINE 4.66 bits
5.1% →
BLATE 4.58 bits
3.5% →
COAST 5.02 bits
2.3% →
SAINT 3.68 bits
2.2% →
SONAR 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1X8I1L1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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