5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 NEIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEIVE 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,497 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__V_ N in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR ROAST SLART SALTY CLARY
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEIVE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEIVE ranks #11,497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
723
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
26
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
36%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

632
205
195
188
171
111
102
63
54
53
47
46
35
32
26
25
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21
17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEIVE:

27% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
SORAL 5.89 bits
8.7% →
SOLAR 5.17 bits
8.3% →
ROAST 5.16 bits
8.0% →
SLART 5.28 bits
7.3% →
SALTY 4.85 bits
4.7% →
CLARY 5.06 bits
4.3% →
SLART 5.05 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.54 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.83 bits
2.2% →
OAKEN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1I1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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