Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

ADVEW

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

No dictionary definition for ADVEW is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use ADVEW in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ADVEW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ADVEW 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 262 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe ADVEW used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.04 Entropy (bits)
262 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How ADVEW 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#12,542 Rank among openers
Opening with ADVEW left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.83 average. It ranks #12,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

ADVEW can come back 72 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

555 answers
355 answers
320 answers
184 answers
144 answers
90 answers
67 answers
62 answers
60 answers
51 answers
44 answers
42 answers
35 answers
29 answers
28 answers
26 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
8 answers
8 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1D2V4E1W4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing ADVEW

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to ADVEW.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ADVEW:

23% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
13% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
HOIST 5.81 bits
14.9% →
CARAT 5.09 bits
13.4% →
STIRE 5.27 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.28 bits
6.0% →
SENOR 4.33 bits
3.8% →
GOURD 4.81 bits
2.8% →
URINE 4.53 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.19 bits
2.5% →
SNARY 4.22 bits
2.1% →
SWORN 4.55 bits

Research on ADVEW

Game-tree analysis and word research for ADVEW, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with ADVEW, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.82 guesses and ranks #11,553 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with ADVEW can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.83; proven optimal play reaches 3.82. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).