5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VINAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vina

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 VINAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VINAS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET CARTE TRICE THALE DROLE PORTE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VINAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,908 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VINAS ranks #7,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
21
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:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
325
195
149
131
107
96
88
71
69
68
54
42
39
32
29
28
27
24
24
22
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14
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VINAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
14% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
ROUET 5.90 bits
13.8% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
8.3% →
ROUET 5.45 bits
6.3% →
TRICE 5.46 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.97 bits
4.5% →
DROLE 5.16 bits
4.1% →
PORTE 4.41 bits
3.7% →
CLEAR 4.59 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.50 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1N1A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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