5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RIVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪvd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of rive

Alternative forms: rave, rove

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 RIVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RIVED 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,115 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___D R in the 1st position and D in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLATE COAST SLATY TONAL SALON
Words starting with R Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIVED 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,115 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIVED ranks #5,115 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
10
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
290
229
173
125
101
76
74
65
64
53
52
28
28
26
25
23
22
22
20
19
19
18
17
13
13
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIVED:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SLANT 5.92 bits
12.3% →
SLATE 5.85 bits
9.7% →
COAST 5.58 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.63 bits
5.3% →
COAST 4.96 bits
4.3% →
COAST 3.68 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
3.1% →
SLATY 4.13 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.24 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1V4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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