5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VODOU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of voodoo (religion)

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 VODOU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VODOU 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 56.9% of games, misses completely in 43.1%, and leaves about 517 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,860 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__O_ V in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__U O in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLANE CRANE ARIEL TALER LAREE
Words starting with V Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.29 Entropy (bits)
517 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VODOU 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,860 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VODOU ranks #13,860 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
638
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
382
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
21%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1016
302
181
163
141
58
56
40
39
35
32
29
29
26
21
17
17
14
14
13
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VODOU:

43% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.1% →
TARSE 6.26 bits
12.8% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
7.7% →
CRANE 5.34 bits
6.9% →
ARIEL 5.46 bits
6.0% →
TALER 4.64 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.73 bits
2.4% →
LAREE 5.11 bits
1.7% →
MARLE 4.51 bits
1.7% →
STIRE 4.13 bits
1.5% →
CRUET 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1D2O1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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