5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VROUW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Dutchwoman.

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 VROUW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VROUW 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,177 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position

Try next

SLATE SALET SLICE LEANT CADET TARRE
Words starting with V Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VROUW 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,177 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VROUW ranks #11,177 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
305
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:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
268
219
185
140
108
93
70
57
44
43
34
29
28
27
21
19
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17
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14
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VROUW:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
SLATE 6.32 bits
11.4% →
SALET 5.35 bits
9.3% →
SLICE 5.03 bits
7.8% →
LEANT 5.16 bits
5.9% →
CADET 4.93 bits
4.6% →
SLATE 4.76 bits
3.9% →
TARRE 4.47 bits
3.0% →
SHITE 5.23 bits
2.4% →
SABLE 4.37 bits
1.9% →
CONTE 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4R1O1U1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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