5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VIRID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪɹɪd//ˈvaɪɹɪd/

Adjective

Green, verdant.

Noun

Any of a group of related viruses.

Noun

A green colour.

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 VIRID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIRID 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 395 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,207 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___D V in the 1st position and D in the 5th position V__I_ V in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STOAE SLANE COATE DEALT SHOTE
Words starting with V Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
395 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRID 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,207 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRID ranks #12,207 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
26%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

830
392
164
125
113
100
77
75
53
43
42
29
28
27
24
21
20
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8
8
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7
7
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRID:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
17% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
SLATE 6.36 bits
16.6% →
STOAE 5.43 bits
7.0% →
SLANE 5.30 bits
5.3% →
COATE 4.94 bits
4.8% →
DEALT 5.19 bits
4.2% →
SHOTE 4.35 bits
3.3% →
PRATE 4.29 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.95 bits
2.2% →
DRONE 4.34 bits
1.8% →
SLANE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1R1I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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