5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REAVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːv/

Verb

To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

Verb

To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

Alternative forms: reive, rieve

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 REAVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REAVE 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,447 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.

R___E R in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON COURT INLET SLANT CARAT
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REAVE 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
0.76 Volatility
#11,447 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REAVE ranks #11,447 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
744
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
334
6 guesses
29
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

487
237
203
120
115
107
101
87
73
57
56
56
54
53
41
29
25
24
23
22
21
20
20
19
18
18
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REAVE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
10.1% →
TALON 5.15 bits
8.6% →
COURT 5.13 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.59 bits
4.9% →
INLET 5.03 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 3.90 bits
3.7% →
CARAT 4.39 bits
3.1% →
DRICE 3.45 bits
2.4% →
CLEAN 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1A1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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