5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VIRGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːɡə/

Noun

A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.

Noun

A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.

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 VIRGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIRGA 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,894 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE STILE LEAST CLOTE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRGA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,894 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRGA ranks #8,894 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
8
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
386
232
182
174
96
83
77
62
44
40
40
31
31
28
26
26
25
24
23
18
16
13
13
12
12
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRGA:

19% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
STOLE 5.95 bits
16.4% →
SLATE 5.69 bits
9.8% →
TOUSE 5.24 bits
7.7% →
STILE 5.39 bits
7.4% →
LEAST 4.75 bits
4.1% →
CLOTE 4.11 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.42 bits
3.3% →
COSEY 4.60 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.48 bits
1.9% →
SOULY 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1R1G2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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