5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CHIVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/

Noun

Alternative form of chevy.

Verb

Alternative form of chevy.

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 CHIVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIVY 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 356 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__V_ C in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE ALOSE RANSE SLANE STARE ROAKE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
356 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIVY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIVY ranks #11,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
38%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

817
230
209
164
108
94
91
67
47
46
44
35
33
28
27
27
26
21
18
17
17
14
14
13
12
10
10
10
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIVY:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
9% chance
Suggested:
RANSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
ROATE 6.02 bits
9.8% →
ALOSE 4.72 bits
8.9% →
RANSE 5.34 bits
7.0% →
SLANE 5.06 bits
4.6% →
STARE 5.37 bits
4.0% →
ROAKE 5.18 bits
3.9% →
TARSE 5.41 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 5.11 bits
2.0% →
VALOR 4.95 bits
2.0% →
LEANT 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1V4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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