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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

VIOLA

Yes, VIOLA was the Wordle answer on October 7, 2023 (Wordle #840).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ələ//ˈvaɪələ//vaɪˈoʊlə/

Noun

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Noun

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Interjection

Misconstruction of voila.

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: October 7, 2023 (#840).

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

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How VIOLA performs as a guess

VIOLA 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,892 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CRATE TERSE TRINE RONTE SENOR REAST
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIOLA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#7,892 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIOLA ranks #7,892 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
26
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
28%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A L O U D
V I O L A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VIOLA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
316
190
180
142
140
110
89
71
61
51
46
40
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27
26
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23
20
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIOLA:

16% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CRATE 5.71 bits
13.4% →
TERSE 5.98 bits
8.1% →
TRINE 5.55 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 5.22 bits
6.0% →
SENOR 4.36 bits
5.9% →
REAST 4.76 bits
4.7% →
SENTE 4.32 bits
3.8% →
SLEEP 4.76 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.68 bits
2.6% →
BARON 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1O1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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