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20 verified matches
The opening tile is already settled, leaving 4 places to test. VAGUE keeps A, G, U, and E distinct after V, which makes it a useful comparison point rather than an automatic guess.
20 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With V
20 playable 5-letter words begin with V, stretching alphabetically from VAGAL to VUGGY. The first tile is already settled here, so the useful differences all sit in the remaining 4 places.
Repeated letters
5 answers repeat a letter
VAGAL, VERVE, VISIT, and VIVID are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with VAGUE, VAGUS, and VALUE.
Reading order
The list runs from VAGAL to VUGGY
VAGAL, VAGUE, VAGUS, VALUE, and VAPID open the list; VUGGY is the final entry alphabetically.
All 20 matches from VAGAL to VUGGY
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: VAGAL opens it, VIDEO marks the midpoint and VUGGY closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- VAGAL
- VAGUE
- VAGUS
- VALUE
- VAPID
- VARIX
- VAULT
- VELUM
- VERSO
- VERVE
- VIDEO
- VIGOR
- VIREO
- VISIT
- VIVID
- VOICE
- VOLAR
- VOMER
- VOUCH
- VUGGY
What separates these 20 candidates
E, A, and I appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. VAGUE exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, G, U, and E.
Leaders in open positions
- second: A in 7 words
- third: G in 5 words
- fourth: I in 4 words
- fifth: E in 4 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 9 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 8 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 8 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 8 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 7 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
14 of the 20 matches use 2 vowels. VAGAL is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 12 vowels: 143 vowels: 5
V owns the opening square
Why VAGUE is worth comparing
Keep V anchored at the front and compare the remaining tiles, not the whole word. VAGUE checks 4 different follow-up letters—A, G, U, and E—so any gray among them removes that word immediately and may clear several neighbors from the list too.
VAGUE belongs here because it starts with V; that alone does not make it legal on your current board. Submit it only when A, G, U, and E also agree with the feedback you have already earned.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 20-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for VAGAL, VAGUE, and VAGUS show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- VAGAL
- Relating to or involving the vagus nerve.
- VAGUE
- Not clearly expressed, known, or defined.
- VAGUS
- The tenth cranial nerve, which influences many organs of the chest and abdomen.
- VALUE
- The worth, usefulness, importance, or meaning of something.
- VAPID
- Offering nothing stimulating or interesting.
- VARIX
- An abnormally enlarged, swollen, or twisted vein or other vessel.
- VAULT
- A secure room used to protect valuable things.
- VELUM
- A membrane or veil-like anatomical structure, including the soft palate in some contexts.
- VERSO
- The reverse or left-hand page of a leaf in a book, opposite the recto.
- VERVE
- Energy, enthusiasm, and confidence in expression.
- VIDEO
- A recording or display of moving images, usually with sound.
- VIGOR
- Physical strength, energy, and enthusiasm.
- VIREO
- A small songbird belonging to the family Vireonidae.
- VISIT
- To go to see a person or place and spend some time there.
- VIVID
- Producing powerful, clear, or detailed impressions on the senses or mind; strikingly bright or intense.
- VOICE
- The sound produced by a person when speaking or singing.
- VOLAR
- Relating to the palm of the hand or, in some anatomical usage, the sole of the foot.
- VOMER
- A thin flat bone forming the lower and rear part of the nasal septum.
Keep V in front and change one other condition
From 5-Letter Words Starting With V, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A, currently with 140 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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Open list →Try VAGUE only with V already fixed first
Return to VAGUE only when the first square is confirmed as V. Keep every green where it is, move every yellow, and reject the word immediately if one of A, G, U, and E has already turned gray.