5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ROVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of 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 ROVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROVES 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RO_ES R in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT DEALT SAULT TRAIN TRACE SLANT
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROVES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROVES ranks #7,552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
268
183
155
118
113
113
102
99
89
65
58
47
44
34
29
26
26
23
20
20
19
19
18
16
14
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROVES:

15% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
PAINT 5.69 bits
11.4% →
DEALT 5.53 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 5.24 bits
6.6% →
TRAIN 5.20 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.77 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.92 bits
4.8% →
HOTLY 3.86 bits
4.3% →
IRATE 3.33 bits
4.2% →
TALON 5.02 bits
3.8% →
ACTOR 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1V4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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