VINYL
Yes, VINYL was the Wordle answer on November 4, 2024 (Wordle #1234).
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.nɪl//ˈvaɪ.nəl/[ˈvaɪ.nɫ̩]
- Noun
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The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
- Noun
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Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
- Adjective
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Containing the vinyl radical.
- Adjective
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Made of polyvinyl chloride.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it VYNUHL.
In a sentence
I've still got my vinyl.
I haven't got any more vinyl.
Use VINYL in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: November 4, 2024 (#1234).
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1 recorded appearance in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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· Puzzle #148
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VINYL appeared in TERMS FOR RECORDS (green group).
How VINYL performs as a guess
VINYL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #8,350 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe VINYL used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How VINYL 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches VINYL in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
VINYL can come back 74 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for VINYL; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing VINYL
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to VINYL.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing VINYL:
Research on VINYL
Game-tree analysis and word research for VINYL, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with VINYL, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,668 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.92 guesses at best and is rank #4,650 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.73, at or below the proven-optimal 3.78, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- VINYL sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 10 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.9 of 5).
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).