5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VOLVA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.

Noun

The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.

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 VOLVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOLVA 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,825 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___A V in the 1st position and A in the 5th position V__V_ V in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE SLIER STANE TRONE BARON
Words starting with V Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOLVA 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
0.74 Volatility
#13,825 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOLVA ranks #13,825 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
630
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
404
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
459
210
194
191
175
68
52
44
37
33
25
19
17
15
15
13
12
9
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOLVA:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
19.5% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
8.9% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
8.2% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
8.1% →
STANE 4.64 bits
7.4% →
TRONE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
BARON 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SENOR 3.76 bits
1.9% →
SIDLE 4.44 bits
1.6% →
SIREN 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1L1V4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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