5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOCES

VOCES 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 vox

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 VOCES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOCES 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,601 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE SAULT TALON LATER CAIRN
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOCES 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,601 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOCES ranks #8,601 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
247
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
326
209
160
155
128
126
119
76
52
47
46
34
33
33
29
28
22
19
19
17
17
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOCES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
13.8% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
8.9% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
6.8% →
TALON 5.07 bits
6.6% →
LATER 4.41 bits
5.4% →
CAIRN 5.26 bits
5.3% →
SLART 4.96 bits
5.0% →
LAIRY 4.10 bits
3.2% →
REATE 4.99 bits
2.2% →
BRANE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1C3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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