5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JUVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of juve

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 JUVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JUVES 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,254 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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.

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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position JU_ES J in the 1st position, U in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLANT ALTER COURT CLARY
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JUVES 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,254 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JUVES ranks #14,254 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
565
4 guesses
1,328
5 guesses
389
6 guesses
34
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:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
417
248
202
155
114
102
57
50
49
40
29
27
26
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JUVES:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALON
18% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TALON 5.83 bits
17.7% →
LEARE 5.41 bits
10.5% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
8.6% →
ALTER 4.30 bits
6.6% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
4.8% →
COURT 4.98 bits
4.3% →
CLARY 4.16 bits
2.4% →
SHUNT 4.02 bits
2.1% →
TRUCE 4.38 bits
2.1% →
STAIR 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1V4E1S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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