5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VITAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vita

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 VITAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VITAS 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE GLARE CRINE PROLE TROUT SHALE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VITAS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VITAS ranks #7,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
14
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:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
296
155
154
118
102
97
88
86
83
67
61
59
51
37
32
31
30
30
27
23
21
19
18
18
13
12
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VITAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
13% chance
Suggested:
GLARE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
DROLE 5.93 bits
12.6% →
GLARE 5.32 bits
6.6% →
CRINE 5.38 bits
6.5% →
PROLE 5.23 bits
5.0% →
TROUT 5.27 bits
4.3% →
SHALE 4.67 bits
4.1% →
LEANT 4.62 bits
3.7% →
DRONE 4.56 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.71 bits
3.5% →
RENAL 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4I1T1A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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