5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BIVVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A small tent or shelter.

Verb

To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter.

Noun

Beer.

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 BIVVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIVVY 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 53.4% of games, misses completely in 46.6%, and leaves about 609 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,379 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__V_ B in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SORAL RONTE SERAL ALURE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.92 Entropy (bits)
609 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIVVY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,379 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIVVY ranks #14,379 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
570
4 guesses
1,316
5 guesses
416
6 guesses
28
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
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
31%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

43 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1099
355
253
116
106
60
44
38
30
29
27
26
26
22
17
14
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5
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4
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3
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIVVY:

47% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.6% →
TARSE 6.25 bits
15.1% →
TRINE 5.44 bits
10.7% →
SORAL 4.82 bits
4.9% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 5.24 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 5.16 bits
1.9% →
SLANT 3.04 bits
1.6% →
PALER 4.63 bits
1.3% →
LEAST 4.22 bits
1.2% →
SOLAR 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1V4V4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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