5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ERUVS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of eruv

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 ERUVS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERUVS 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEANT SLANT PATEE CAROL TRAIN
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERUVS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERUVS ranks #9,578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
25
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
312
187
183
143
139
110
107
79
52
50
49
38
37
36
35
29
26
24
24
21
15
15
14
13
13
13
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERUVS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TALON 5.85 bits
13.2% →
LEANT 5.36 bits
7.9% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
7.8% →
PATEE 4.35 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 4.97 bits
5.9% →
CAROL 5.12 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.31 bits
4.5% →
CUMIN 4.20 bits
3.4% →
CADIE 4.33 bits
2.2% →
COUNT 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1U1V4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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