5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GALVO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A galvanometer.

Noun

Synonym of metal fume fever.

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 GALVO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GALVO 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,308 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

G___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__V_ G in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TRONE CRATE SLIER TRICE PRASE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GALVO 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,308 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GALVO ranks #8,308 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
14
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
310
273
171
159
133
72
67
56
40
38
27
26
24
23
23
22
20
19
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
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11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GALVO:

22% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
STIRE 6.10 bits
13.1% →
TRONE 5.44 bits
11.6% →
CRATE 5.61 bits
7.3% →
SLIER 5.15 bits
6.7% →
TRICE 4.87 bits
5.6% →
PRASE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
COOER 4.16 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.81 bits
2.4% →
TRACE 4.32 bits
1.7% →
SIDLE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1L1V4O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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