5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ELVEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛlv(ə)n/

Noun

Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.

Adjective

Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, elves; elfin, elflike.

Noun

An elm (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))).

Alternative forms: elvin

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 ELVEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELVEN 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,481 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

E___N E in the 1st position and N in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STARE GIANT LOYAL STALE COAST
Words starting with E Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELVEN 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,481 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELVEN ranks #11,481 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
332
208
204
111
97
87
76
60
41
40
32
31
28
26
26
22
20
17
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12
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELVEN:

26% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
GIANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
ROAST 6.06 bits
14.1% →
STARE 5.54 bits
8.8% →
GIANT 5.16 bits
8.7% →
LOYAL 4.95 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 4.19 bits
4.1% →
STALE 4.53 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.60 bits
3.2% →
ARISE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.41 bits
1.7% →
FRAPE 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1V4E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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