5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

RIVET

Yes, RIVET was the Wordle answer on February 1, 2025 (Wordle #1323).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvət/

Noun

A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.

Noun

Any fixed point or certain basis.

Verb

To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

Verb

To install rivets (see Usage notes).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 1, 2025 (#1323).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How RIVET performs as a guess

RIVET is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,353 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___T R in the 1st position and T in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE ACORN SLAIN CRARE SOUTH
Words starting with R Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RIVET 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,353 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RIVET ranks #5,353 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
18
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:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
F I C U S
R I V E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches RIVET in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
233
191
127
117
109
87
77
63
62
55
55
55
46
40
37
33
33
26
25
25
24
23
23
21
20
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RIVET:

16% chance
Suggested:
SALON
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SALON 5.73 bits
9.9% →
SLANE 5.45 bits
8.1% →
ACORN 5.16 bits
5.4% →
SLAIN 5.20 bits
5.0% →
CRARE 4.60 bits
4.6% →
SOUTH 4.83 bits
3.7% →
SOLAR 3.70 bits
3.3% →
TASTE 4.85 bits
2.7% →
ALONE 4.16 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1I1V4E1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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