5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VUGHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of vugh

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 VUGHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VUGHS 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 62.6% of games, misses completely in 37.4%, and leaves about 424 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,060 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__H_ V in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE CARTE ALONE TRONE CARLE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
424 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VUGHS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,060 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VUGHS ranks #12,060 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
14%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

882
348
186
139
132
96
85
73
57
38
25
25
21
18
18
17
17
14
14
13
12
10
10
8
7
7
7
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VUGHS:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.4% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
14.8% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
7.9% →
CARTE 5.81 bits
5.9% →
ALONE 5.60 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
CARLE 4.43 bits
3.6% →
REAST 4.71 bits
3.1% →
LAREE 5.20 bits
2.4% →
SAUNT 4.31 bits
1.6% →
RAINE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4U1G2H4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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