Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

VOIPS

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

No dictionary definition for VOIPS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use VOIPS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How VOIPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOIPS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,728 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe VOIPS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.22 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How VOIPS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#7,728 Rank among openers
Opening with VOIPS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.72 average. It ranks #7,728 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

VOIPS can come back 86 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

599 answers
249 answers
209 answers
203 answers
176 answers
142 answers
94 answers
63 answers
61 answers
56 answers
45 answers
39 answers
35 answers
35 answers
28 answers
27 answers
21 answers
18 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1I1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing VOIPS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to VOIPS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOIPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TALER 6.06 bits
10.4% →
STALE 5.65 bits
8.8% →
CADET 5.18 bits
8.5% →
TALER 5.22 bits
7.4% →
TRADE 4.51 bits
6.0% →
CRANE 4.98 bits
3.9% →
CARLE 5.43 bits
2.6% →
SATER 4.83 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.17 bits
2.3% →
LEANT 4.16 bits

Research on VOIPS

Game-tree analysis and word research for VOIPS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with VOIPS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.76 guesses and ranks #8,642 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.88 guesses at best and is rank #3,718 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.72, at or below the proven-optimal 3.76, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).