5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪv/

Noun

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

Noun

The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

“Chive herb. (attributive use)”

Verb

To stab.

Verb

To cut.

Alternative forms: cive, chithe, chire, chieve

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 CHIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIVE 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,072 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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 _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER SLART SLANT SAURY RIPEN
Words starting with C Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIVE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,072 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIVE ranks #7,072 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
17
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
351
193
159
109
82
66
65
63
51
37
33
32
31
30
30
28
28
27
25
25
24
23
21
18
16
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TALON 5.83 bits
14.9% →
ALTER 5.37 bits
8.2% →
SLART 5.18 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.10 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
3.5% →
SAURY 4.87 bits
2.8% →
RIPEN 4.65 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.85 bits
2.7% →
SLART 4.91 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1V4E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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