5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

GUAVA

Yes, GUAVA was the Wordle answer on February 22, 2026 (Wordle #1709).

As an opener, it rules out about 82.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑːvə/

Noun

A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

Noun

Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 22, 2026 (#1709).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GUAVA performs as a guess

GUAVA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 64.4% of games, misses completely in 35.6%, and leaves about 414 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,987 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__V_ G in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SILER LATER CRISE STONE SHIER TRONE
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
414 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUAVA 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,987 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUAVA ranks #13,987 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
606
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
36
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
3 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
28%
All gray
36%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G U A V A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GUAVA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

840
382
232
190
128
79
53
47
40
32
24
23
23
20
20
18
16
15
15
14
13
11
10
10
8
8
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUAVA:

36% chance
Suggested:
SILER
16% chance
Suggested:
LATER
10% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.6% →
SILER 5.89 bits
16.2% →
LATER 5.42 bits
9.8% →
CRISE 5.07 bits
8.1% →
STONE 5.30 bits
5.4% →
SHIER 4.27 bits
3.4% →
TRONE 4.72 bits
2.2% →
LOVER 4.85 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 4.86 bits
1.7% →
LAGER 4.43 bits
1.4% →
SAULT 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1A1V4A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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