5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

VIGIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪd͡ʒəl/

Noun

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

Noun

A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

“His dog kept vigil outside the hospital for eight days while he was recovering from an accident.”

Verb

To participate in a vigil.

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 VIGIL performs as a guess

VIGIL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 58.1% of games, misses completely in 41.9%, and leaves about 492 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,002 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE SOARE SNARE RONTE CARET SATER
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
492 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIGIL 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,002 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIGIL ranks #14,002 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
629
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
425
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
23%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C I V I L
V I G I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VIGIL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

987
317
178
119
103
95
93
55
41
33
33
30
28
21
18
16
14
13
12
12
10
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIGIL:

42% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.9% →
ROATE 6.17 bits
13.4% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
7.5% →
SNARE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.53 bits
4.0% →
CARET 5.17 bits
3.9% →
SATER 4.59 bits
2.3% →
REATE 4.91 bits
1.7% →
BLASE 3.96 bits
1.4% →
ALOSE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1G2I1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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