5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VOILE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɔɪl/

Noun

A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.

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 VOILE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOILE 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__L_ V in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SMART RESET ARSON SATIN SHART STARY
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOILE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOILE ranks #6,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

314
270
154
141
139
123
104
99
86
56
53
48
45
41
35
33
33
33
32
29
29
28
27
24
23
22
21
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOILE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SMART
11% chance
Suggested:
RESET
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
SMART 5.75 bits
11.5% →
RESET 5.45 bits
6.5% →
ARSON 5.11 bits
6.0% →
SATIN 4.91 bits
5.9% →
SHART 5.02 bits
5.2% →
STARY 4.45 bits
4.4% →
CLASP 4.81 bits
4.2% →
ALTER 4.45 bits
3.6% →
STARY 4.68 bits
2.4% →
DINER 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1I1L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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