5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ARVOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of arvo

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 ARVOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ARVOS 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,755 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

A___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__O_ A in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE LEANT TUILE STILE STALE RIDER
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ARVOS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ARVOS ranks #7,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
252
178
170
140
139
117
89
75
73
69
56
55
43
43
38
30
28
23
21
18
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ARVOS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
CLINE 5.94 bits
10.7% →
LEANT 5.32 bits
7.5% →
TUILE 4.73 bits
7.2% →
STILE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
STALE 4.96 bits
5.9% →
RIDER 4.82 bits
5.0% →
TARRE 4.47 bits
3.8% →
CLINE 4.45 bits
3.2% →
HORDE 4.19 bits
3.1% →
SCOTE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1R1V4O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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