5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaɪvz/

Noun

plural of jive

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jive

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 JIVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIVES 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

J___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL LEARE SLART CAIRN ALTER TRINE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.84 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIVES 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIVES ranks #13,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
617
4 guesses
1,315
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
370
240
205
178
146
87
87
73
44
38
31
31
26
24
23
22
19
14
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11
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8
8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIVES:

24% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
CORAL 5.79 bits
15.7% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.26 bits
8.7% →
CAIRN 5.30 bits
7.5% →
ALTER 4.38 bits
6.2% →
SLART 4.94 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.60 bits
3.7% →
MINTY 3.76 bits
3.1% →
STINK 4.41 bits
1.9% →
STEER 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1V4E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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