5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOUGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vuʒ/

Noun

Alternative form of voulge.

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 VOUGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOUGE 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,084 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER ARSON CLARY SNARY SLANT
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOUGE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,084 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOUGE ranks #10,084 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
19
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:
EOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
35%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
412
186
180
137
128
76
65
53
43
40
37
36
31
27
26
25
24
24
22
22
21
16
15
12
12
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOUGE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
SLART 5.85 bits
17.5% →
ALTER 5.29 bits
7.9% →
ARSON 5.20 bits
7.6% →
SLART 5.18 bits
5.8% →
CLARY 4.56 bits
5.4% →
SNARY 4.46 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.98 bits
1.8% →
TENOR 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1U1G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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