5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ELVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɛlvə(ɹ)/

Noun

A young eel.

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 ELVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELVER 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,995 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___R E in the 1st position and R in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST SALLY IRATE STALE TRIAL
Words starting with E Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELVER 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,995 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELVER ranks #10,995 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
20
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:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
303
243
182
167
109
99
87
48
43
41
39
34
26
20
19
18
18
17
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELVER:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SAINT 6.08 bits
12.8% →
COAST 5.51 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.55 bits
7.7% →
SALLY 5.15 bits
7.1% →
IRATE 4.54 bits
4.6% →
COAST 4.52 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.53 bits
3.7% →
COAST 3.46 bits
2.0% →
SAINT 4.42 bits
1.8% →
TRIAL 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1V4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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