5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ELVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɛlvz/

Noun

plural of elf

Noun

plural of elve

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 ELVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ELVES 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,280 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.

E___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__E_ E in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE STAIR LOYAL RAINY CANOE
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ELVES 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
0.71 Volatility
#11,280 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ELVES ranks #11,280 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
12
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

606
287
255
175
130
124
90
90
52
38
36
33
28
27
26
26
23
22
21
19
18
17
16
14
12
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ELVES:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
12.2% →
TRADE 5.56 bits
10.8% →
STAIR 5.22 bits
7.4% →
LOYAL 5.01 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
5.3% →
RAINY 4.27 bits
3.8% →
CANOE 3.95 bits
3.8% →
DEALT 4.31 bits
2.2% →
STALL 4.45 bits
1.6% →
GRAPE 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1L1V4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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