5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VIEUX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from French.

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 VIEUX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIEUX 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,449 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__X I in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SLART LEARE SLANT SONLY TRINE SALTY
Words starting with V Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIEUX 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,449 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIEUX ranks #14,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
573
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
437
6 guesses
45
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
21%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
477
231
223
148
121
106
86
57
54
46
42
21
13
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
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6
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIEUX:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLART
20% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SLART 5.75 bits
20.2% →
LEARE 5.49 bits
9.8% →
SLANT 5.47 bits
9.5% →
SONLY 4.59 bits
6.3% →
SLART 5.13 bits
5.1% →
TRINE 4.59 bits
4.5% →
SALTY 4.09 bits
3.6% →
STURE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
LEARE 4.68 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1E1U1X8
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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