5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NAVVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnævi/

Noun

an unskilled laborer

Noun

A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.

Verb

To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project.

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 NAVVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NAVVY 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 402 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,951 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.

N___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__V_ N in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE SLATE TOISE SOLDE GLARE SLART
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.38 Entropy (bits)
402 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NAVVY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,951 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NAVVY ranks #13,951 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
587
4 guesses
1,347
5 guesses
360
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
29%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
412
274
194
143
111
59
48
40
34
27
22
20
15
15
15
14
14
10
9
8
8
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6
6
6
5
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3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NAVVY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
TORSE 6.16 bits
17.5% →
SLATE 5.58 bits
11.6% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
8.2% →
SOLDE 4.56 bits
6.1% →
TORSE 4.75 bits
4.7% →
GLARE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
SLART 3.43 bits
2.0% →
TOISE 4.06 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 4.36 bits
1.4% →
HOISE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1V4V4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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