5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VIAND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ənd//ˈviː.jɐn̪d̪/

Noun

rice topping; any food eaten with rice as a part of a main course meal.

Noun

An item of food.

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 VIAND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIAND 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,878 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___D V in the 1st position and D in the 5th position V__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TALER CRUSE STILE SOLER SHOTE
Words starting with V Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIAND 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,878 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIAND ranks #6,878 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
12
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
322
181
177
108
89
83
73
51
48
44
38
37
37
29
27
24
23
22
21
21
18
18
16
16
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIAND:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SOREL 6.11 bits
13.7% →
TALER 5.61 bits
7.7% →
CRUSE 5.05 bits
7.5% →
STILE 5.34 bits
4.6% →
SOLER 5.08 bits
3.8% →
SHOTE 4.26 bits
3.5% →
DROLE 4.99 bits
3.1% →
CANOE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 4.31 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1A1N1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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