5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VILDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Obsolete form of vile.

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 VILDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VILDE 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,220 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__D_ V in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SATER COAST SAINT SETER HOARD
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VILDE 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
0.71 Volatility
#6,220 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VILDE ranks #6,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
10
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
271
178
176
171
104
72
67
65
57
56
53
41
37
30
28
23
23
23
21
20
19
19
17
16
15
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VILDE:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
ROAST 6.07 bits
11.5% →
SATER 5.36 bits
7.5% →
COAST 5.26 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 5.39 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.46 bits
4.4% →
SETER 4.68 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.20 bits
2.8% →
HOARD 4.88 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.38 bits
2.4% →
DETER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1L1D2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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