5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VUGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 70.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvʌɡi/

Adjective

Containing vugs.

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 VUGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VUGGY 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 47.8% of games, misses completely in 52.2%, and leaves about 708 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,438 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___Y V in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TALER STONE TRACE ALONE LAREE
Words starting with V Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.80 Entropy (bits)
708 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
70.0% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VUGGY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VUGGY ranks #14,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
553
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
428
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
27%
All gray
52%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1232
261
220
98
95
85
50
43
42
41
29
19
17
13
10
10
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VUGGY:

52% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

52.2% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
11.1% →
TALER 4.82 bits
9.3% →
STONE 5.29 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.74 bits
4.0% →
ALONE 5.26 bits
3.6% →
LAREE 5.17 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.13 bits
1.8% →
DAINE 4.49 bits
1.8% →
TONER 4.43 bits
1.7% →
LAYER 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4U1G2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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