5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

VICAR

VICAR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪkɚ/

Noun

In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

Noun

In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

Alternative forms: vic.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 VICAR performs as a guess

VICAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,388 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___R V in the 1st position and R in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE STONE STILE STARE CLONE TOUSE
Words starting with V Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VICAR 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,388 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VICAR ranks #6,388 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
V I C A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VICAR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
295
201
169
127
102
91
78
76
75
69
59
51
49
41
35
32
24
24
18
18
15
15
14
14
13
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VICAR:

18% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
13% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
12.5% →
STOLE 5.43 bits
8.5% →
STONE 5.38 bits
7.2% →
STILE 5.39 bits
5.4% →
STARE 4.57 bits
4.3% →
STOLE 4.39 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 5.19 bits
3.3% →
TOUSE 3.89 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.49 bits
3.2% →
SHALE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1C3A1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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