5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VIRLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of virl

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 VIRLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VIRLS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,676 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COATE TRADE STANE ATONE CADET POTAE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRLS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,676 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRLS ranks #5,676 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
314
224
208
133
93
85
81
77
72
67
58
55
49
33
29
26
23
21
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11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRLS:

16% chance
Suggested:
COATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
9% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
COATE 5.92 bits
13.3% →
TRADE 5.40 bits
9.5% →
STANE 5.60 bits
8.8% →
COATE 5.39 bits
5.6% →
ATONE 5.24 bits
3.9% →
CADET 4.68 bits
3.6% →
POTAE 4.74 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 4.97 bits
3.3% →
CONTE 4.43 bits
3.1% →
ATONE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1R1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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