5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOBLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus), formerly considered a subspecies of the common roach.

Alternative forms: wobla

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 VOBLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOBLA 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,714 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE CRUET REAST SLIER STIRE
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOBLA 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
#8,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOBLA ranks #8,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
12
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
409
189
153
142
132
71
53
51
45
40
38
32
27
24
23
22
20
20
18
17
16
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOBLA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRINE 6.18 bits
17.3% →
TARSE 5.67 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
6.5% →
CRUET 4.72 bits
6.0% →
REAST 4.75 bits
5.6% →
SLIER 4.99 bits
3.0% →
STIRE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
APRON 4.56 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.93 bits
1.9% →
SATEM 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1B3L1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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