5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Archaic spelling of reave.

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 REIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REIVE 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,131 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.

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

SAULT COAST SATIN SLANT SHALT TONAL
Words starting with R Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REIVE 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
0.74 Volatility
#9,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REIVE ranks #9,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
21
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
38%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
270
182
150
133
118
108
80
68
47
46
40
32
32
30
27
27
25
24
22
21
21
20
15
15
14
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REIVE:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SAULT 5.86 bits
11.5% →
COAST 5.43 bits
7.7% →
SATIN 4.91 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
5.0% →
SAULT 4.27 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.72 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.54 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 3.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1I1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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