5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

CALVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kɑːv//kæv//kav/

Verb

To give birth to a calf.

“The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.”

Verb

To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.

“The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.”

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 CALVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CALVE 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,199 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

C___E C in the 1st position and E in the 5th position C__V_ C in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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SNORT SETER TRAIN SIREN SOILY RAINY
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CALVE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,199 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CALVE ranks #5,199 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
854
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
39%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
251
165
149
122
113
84
74
74
74
57
41
36
35
33
28
28
27
27
26
25
24
24
21
20
19
19
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CALVE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
SETER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SNORT 5.94 bits
10.6% →
SETER 5.44 bits
7.0% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
6.3% →
SIREN 4.67 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.59 bits
4.8% →
RAINY 4.10 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.36 bits
3.1% →
STEEL 4.27 bits
3.1% →
TREAD 4.70 bits
3.1% →
TOUCH 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3A1L1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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