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- Worst branch
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- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words starting with CIV
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that start with CIV.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: CIVIC (September 23, 2021); CIVIL (September 29, 2025).
AALII does not fit this page's clues. CIVIC keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The CIV prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- C most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (17%).
- I most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (50%).
- V most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (17%).
Word notes
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CIVIC
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
“Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 23, 2021.
CIVIL
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
“She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.”
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Past Wordle answer: September 29, 2025.
CIVES
plural of cive
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
CIVET
Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
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CIVIE
Alternative spelling of civvy.
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CIVVY
A civilian; someone who is not in the military.
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