5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

VULGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

In the vernacular; commonly known as.

Noun

The masses.

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 VULGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VULGO 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 329 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,703 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___O V in the 1st position and O in the 5th position V__G_ V in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRONE SLATE CRUET SMITE TRINE
Words starting with V Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
329 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VULGO 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,703 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VULGO ranks #9,703 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
18%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

736
324
272
124
94
87
87
56
46
46
36
31
31
31
30
30
25
24
18
15
14
13
12
12
10
10
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VULGO:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
TARSE 6.33 bits
13.7% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
11.5% →
SLATE 5.35 bits
5.3% →
CRUET 5.33 bits
4.0% →
SMITE 4.32 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 5.25 bits
3.7% →
SOARE 4.14 bits
2.4% →
SIDEY 4.57 bits
1.9% →
SAUNT 4.08 bits
1.9% →
FARSE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4U1L1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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