Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

VEZIR

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Dated form of vizier.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

Transliteration of Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr). Doublet of vizier.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use VEZIR in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How VEZIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VEZIR 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,905 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe VEZIR used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.08 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How VEZIR 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,905 Rank among openers
Opening with VEZIR left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.81 average. It ranks #11,905 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
26%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

VEZIR can come back 72 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

539 answers
324 answers
263 answers
204 answers
137 answers
116 answers
107 answers
98 answers
82 answers
61 answers
55 answers
38 answers
34 answers
30 answers
30 answers
28 answers
17 answers
13 answers
12 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1Z10I1R1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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

Strategy after playing VEZIR

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to VEZIR.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VEZIR:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
SAULT 5.88 bits
13.6% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
11.0% →
COAST 5.48 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
5.7% →
COAST 4.87 bits
4.9% →
SHALT 4.75 bits
4.5% →
SNIDE 4.60 bits
4.1% →
COAST 3.66 bits
3.4% →
COAST 5.03 bits
2.6% →
TRICK 3.97 bits

Research on VEZIR

Game-tree analysis and word research for VEZIR, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with VEZIR, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.85 guesses and ranks #12,720 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with VEZIR can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.81, at or below the proven-optimal 3.85, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).