5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OLIVA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

olivary body

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 OLIVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OLIVA 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,866 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

O___A O in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CRATE TERSE TRONE SIENT TRUCE TARSE
Words starting with O Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OLIVA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,866 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OLIVA ranks #8,866 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
24%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

382
316
303
164
136
130
79
76
61
56
51
50
49
38
30
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19
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OLIVA:

16% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CRATE 5.71 bits
13.4% →
TERSE 5.98 bits
12.8% →
TRONE 5.32 bits
7.0% →
SIENT 4.91 bits
5.8% →
TRUCE 5.00 bits
5.5% →
TARSE 4.66 bits
3.4% →
SULLY 4.77 bits
3.2% →
BARON 4.78 bits
2.6% →
LOWLY 3.99 bits
2.4% →
SPACE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1L1I1V4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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