5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PERVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of perv.

Verb

Alternative form of perv.

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 PERVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERVE 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,781 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.

P___E P in the 1st position and E in the 5th position P__V_ P 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

SLANT TRAIN SAINT COAST SHALT SLATY
Words starting with P Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERVE 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,781 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERVE ranks #8,781 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
36%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

694
268
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144
131
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78
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59
42
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERVE:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
SLANT 5.90 bits
11.4% →
TRAIN 5.31 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 4.17 bits
3.5% →
COAST 4.75 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.62 bits
3.3% →
SLATY 4.76 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.38 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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