5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOTES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vəʊts//voʊts/

Noun

plural of vote

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vote

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 VOTES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOTES 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,862 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.

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

CAIRN LEARE SHALY ACORN ARIEL TAINT
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOTES 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,862 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOTES ranks #7,862 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
288
162
141
137
129
113
106
93
77
54
49
43
37
36
36
35
29
28
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOTES:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
CAIRN 5.86 bits
12.2% →
LEARE 5.41 bits
6.9% →
SHALY 5.04 bits
6.0% →
ACORN 5.10 bits
5.8% →
ARIEL 4.29 bits
5.5% →
TAINT 5.21 bits
4.8% →
CLARY 4.61 bits
4.5% →
REATE 4.82 bits
3.9% →
PEARE 4.69 bits
3.3% →
SAINT 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1T1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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