5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

VINYL

Yes, VINYL was the Wordle answer on November 4, 2024 (Wordle #1234).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.nɪl//ˈvaɪ.nəl/[ˈvaɪ.nɫ̩]

Noun

The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.

Noun

Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.

Adjective

Containing the vinyl radical.

Adjective

Made of polyvinyl chloride.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 4, 2024 (#1234).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How VINYL performs as a guess

VINYL 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,350 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position _I__L I in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLATE SARED ROATE TRONE SATER
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,350 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VINYL ranks #8,350 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
20%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
I D Y L L
V I N Y L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VINYL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

669
224
192
190
176
90
84
77
67
56
49
44
39
29
29
26
25
24
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12
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VINYL:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
9.5% →
SLATE 5.54 bits
8.1% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
8.1% →
SARED 5.03 bits
7.5% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SATER 4.59 bits
3.3% →
SALLE 4.51 bits
2.8% →
CADET 4.42 bits
2.4% →
SLICE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1N1Y4L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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