5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ERVIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.vɪl//ˈɜɹ.vɪl/

Noun

bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).

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 ERVIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ERVIL 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,868 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___L E in the 1st position and L in the 5th position E__I_ E in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT TEASE SETAE COAST HOIST BLATE
Words starting with E Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ERVIL 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,868 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ERVIL ranks #6,868 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
15
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:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

337
256
186
168
159
145
120
95
72
69
58
53
36
36
36
32
29
28
27
27
24
18
17
17
17
16
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ERVIL:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
8% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
SAUNT 5.78 bits
10.9% →
TEASE 5.60 bits
7.9% →
SETAE 4.75 bits
7.1% →
COAST 5.08 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.28 bits
6.1% →
HOIST 4.98 bits
5.1% →
BLATE 4.68 bits
4.0% →
SAUNT 4.42 bits
3.1% →
SHINE 4.65 bits
2.9% →
CADEE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1R1V4I1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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