5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOWER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who makes a vow.

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 VOWER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOWER 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,325 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___R V in the 1st position and R in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE PRATE SLANT SALTY SAULT
Words starting with V Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOWER 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,325 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOWER ranks #9,325 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
14
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
359
200
159
135
129
91
80
75
55
38
37
35
25
24
24
22
19
19
16
16
15
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOWER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SAINT 6.00 bits
15.2% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
8.5% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
6.7% →
PRATE 4.70 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 5.25 bits
5.5% →
SALTY 4.51 bits
3.9% →
SAULT 3.79 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.2% →
DROIT 4.02 bits
2.3% →
SLANE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1W4E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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