5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VINCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle.

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 VINCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VINCA 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,382 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__C_ V in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE STIRE SORED SALET GRATE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VINCA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,382 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VINCA ranks #8,382 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

533
417
165
129
104
88
86
86
85
63
48
40
35
33
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VINCA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
SOREL 6.08 bits
17.7% →
TARSE 5.64 bits
7.0% →
STIRE 5.38 bits
5.5% →
SORED 5.28 bits
4.4% →
SALET 4.26 bits
3.7% →
GRATE 4.59 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 4.87 bits
3.6% →
TORSE 4.43 bits
3.6% →
SOLER 5.35 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1N1C3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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