5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

VULNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of vuln

Noun

plural of vuln

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 VULNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts VULNS 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,743 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__N_ V in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TIARE CANER GRATE MOIRE THALE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VULNS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,743 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VULNS ranks #6,743 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LNSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
23%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

623
272
253
182
82
81
78
78
64
57
48
46
44
41
31
24
23
23
23
23
20
19
17
15
13
13
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VULNS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
TRACE 6.33 bits
11.5% →
TIARE 5.78 bits
10.7% →
TIARE 5.41 bits
7.7% →
CANER 5.15 bits
3.5% →
GRATE 4.84 bits
3.4% →
MOIRE 4.27 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.92 bits
3.3% →
TRUCE 5.38 bits
2.7% →
AHOLE 4.29 bits
2.4% →
SNORE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4U1L1N1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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