5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RIVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A department of Nicaragua.

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 RIVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIVAS 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,928 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__A_ R in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE CRUET STOLE TRACE CLINE THALE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIVAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,928 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIVAS ranks #7,928 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
253
227
168
154
144
123
100
80
75
69
67
53
33
31
31
24
21
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19
19
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13
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIVAS:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
CLOTE 5.74 bits
10.7% →
CLOTE 5.44 bits
9.6% →
CRUET 5.14 bits
7.1% →
STOLE 5.22 bits
6.5% →
TRACE 4.52 bits
6.1% →
CLINE 5.31 bits
5.2% →
THALE 4.95 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.25 bits
3.4% →
TRIPE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1V4A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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