5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VOXEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvɒk.səl//ˈvɑk.səl//ˈvɔk.səl/

Noun

The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.

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 VOXEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VOXEL 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,124 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___L V in the 1st position and L in the 5th position V__E_ V in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TIARE ARSON SAUCY STAIR SHART
Words starting with V Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VOXEL 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,124 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VOXEL ranks #13,124 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
659
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
29
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
398
193
186
164
140
133
70
51
47
38
37
31
26
26
25
21
18
16
14
12
12
11
11
8
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VOXEL:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SAINT 6.11 bits
16.9% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.20 bits
7.9% →
SAUCY 5.04 bits
7.0% →
STAIR 4.72 bits
5.9% →
SHART 4.43 bits
5.6% →
STALE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
SNARE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
STAIR 4.38 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4O1X8E1L1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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