5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VICED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Held clamped by a vice or something with a similar squeezing action.

Adjective

Maintaining a vice-like grip.

Verb

simple past and past participle of vice

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 VICED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VICED 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,839 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.

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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__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SLANT SOLAR SEARE SAINT
Words starting with V Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VICED 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,839 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VICED ranks #6,839 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

538
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180
167
156
88
85
74
73
64
60
38
33
23
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VICED:

23% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
14.6% →
SLART 5.89 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 5.68 bits
7.1% →
SOLAR 4.67 bits
6.6% →
SLART 5.25 bits
3.7% →
SEARE 4.96 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.53 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.29 bits
3.1% →
DOWDY 4.41 bits
2.7% →
DEARE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1C3E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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