5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VIRGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A wand.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of verge.

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 VIRGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIRGE 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,776 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT COAST SETAE SALTY PRINT
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRGE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,776 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRGE ranks #6,776 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
224
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
239
190
174
167
151
76
74
71
54
53
46
36
29
27
27
23
21
20
20
20
18
18
16
16
16
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRGE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.53 bits
8.1% →
COAST 5.35 bits
7.4% →
SETAE 4.37 bits
7.1% →
SLANT 5.46 bits
6.4% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.70 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.14 bits
3.0% →
PRINT 4.26 bits
2.3% →
COAST 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1R1G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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