5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BIVIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bivium

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 BIVIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIVIA 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 68.2% of games, misses completely in 31.8%, and leaves about 429 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,367 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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.

B___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE TRONE RONTE ROUET TRUCE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.39 Entropy (bits)
429 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIVIA 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,367 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIVIA ranks #14,367 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
600
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
463
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
25%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

749
599
217
137
78
67
52
46
43
42
34
33
31
29
21
17
13
12
11
8
8
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIVIA:

32% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.8% →
SOREL 5.97 bits
25.4% →
TARSE 5.51 bits
9.2% →
TRONE 5.12 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 4.58 bits
3.3% →
ROUET 4.85 bits
2.8% →
TRUCE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
LEARY 4.33 bits
2.0% →
TRAIN 4.16 bits
1.8% →
RAINE 4.20 bits
1.8% →
MORNE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1V4I1A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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