5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

VOLAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vola

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 VOLAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOLAE 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,382 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ V in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHIRT TRAIN SETER SNORT TRINE NORTH
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOLAE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,382 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOLAE ranks #7,382 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
18
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:
AELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
39%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
254
234
138
123
117
97
93
81
80
70
55
41
40
39
39
33
31
31
28
27
25
24
23
20
20
18
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOLAE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SHIRT 5.74 bits
10.8% →
TRAIN 5.17 bits
9.9% →
SETER 5.55 bits
5.9% →
SNORT 5.01 bits
5.2% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
5.0% →
NORTH 4.17 bits
4.1% →
SLICK 4.48 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.37 bits
3.4% →
CARET 4.25 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1L1A1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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