5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VIRGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ//ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/

Proper noun

A constellation in the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a maiden holding an ear of wheat (represented by the bright binary star Spica).

Proper noun

The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).

Noun

Someone with a Virgo star sign

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 VIRGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIRGO 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,445 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___O V in the 1st position and O in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST SLANT SATED TRACE THALE
Words starting with V Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRGO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,445 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRGO ranks #8,445 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
7
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:
IOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
20%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
269
268
209
143
102
92
77
58
42
37
35
30
28
25
25
25
18
18
16
13
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12
12
11
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9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRGO:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
11.4% →
LEAST 5.45 bits
11.4% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
8.9% →
SLATE 5.52 bits
6.1% →
SATED 4.49 bits
4.3% →
TRACE 4.71 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.14 bits
3.3% →
MATEY 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
1.8% →
THANE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1R1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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