5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vole

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 VOLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOLES 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,198 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___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

TRAIN TIARE STAIR APRON RAINY EATER
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOLES 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
0.72 Volatility
#7,198 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOLES ranks #7,198 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
17
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
280
179
143
141
127
117
116
113
52
51
49
44
43
41
30
28
28
27
24
21
21
18
14
13
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOLES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TRAIN 5.95 bits
11.9% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 5.24 bits
6.1% →
APRON 5.04 bits
6.0% →
RAINY 4.73 bits
5.4% →
EATER 4.36 bits
5.0% →
REATE 4.76 bits
4.9% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
4.8% →
NORTH 4.17 bits
2.2% →
SHALL 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1L1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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