5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PERVO

PERVO 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

pervert

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 PERVO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PERVO 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O P in the 1st position and O in the 5th position P__V_ P in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT STAIR TRAIN ARSON SHALT
Words starting with P Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PERVO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PERVO ranks #7,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
20
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
291
223
178
155
106
106
78
56
52
46
43
43
43
31
29
21
21
21
20
20
19
18
14
14
13
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PERVO:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SAINT 6.10 bits
12.3% →
SLANT 5.68 bits
9.5% →
SLANT 5.24 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 4.48 bits
6.6% →
TRAIN 5.16 bits
4.5% →
ARSON 4.29 bits
4.5% →
SHALT 4.70 bits
3.3% →
SONDE 4.36 bits
2.4% →
SLATY 4.84 bits
2.2% →
REATE 3.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3E1R1V4O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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