VIRGO
VIRGO is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ//ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/
- Proper noun
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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
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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
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Someone with a Virgo star sign
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin; name of constellation”), calque of Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin; name of constellation”), ultimately derived through mythic reinterpretation from ancient Mesopotamian constellations, as Akkadian absinnu (“seed furrow; name of constellation”) and Sumerian 𒀯𒀳 (ᵐᵘˡABSIN₃, “seed furrow; constellation representing fertility/harvest goddess Shala with ear of corn”). Doublet of virgin.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it VURGOH.
Related meanings
Synonyms virgin
Use VIRGO in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
NoThe solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
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1 recorded appearance in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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VIRGO appeared in "VIRGIN" THINGS (blue group).
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 247 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #8,445 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe VIRGO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Feedback distribution
VIRGO can come back 96 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for VIRGO; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing VIRGO
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to VIRGO.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing VIRGO:
Research on VIRGO
Game-tree analysis and word research for VIRGO, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with VIRGO, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,951 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.91 guesses at best and is rank #4,365 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.73, at or below the proven-optimal 3.78, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- VIRGO sits in the intermediate band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about once per million words of written English; the band marks it as a word most readers meet regularly.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0).