5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SALVO

SALVO is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsælvəʊ//ˈsælvoʊ/

Noun

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

Noun

A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

Verb

To discharge weapons in a salvo.

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

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 SALVO performs as a guess

SALVO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,821 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.

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.

S___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE TRACE CRINE PLANE HEIST
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALVO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,821 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALVO ranks #5,821 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
S A L V O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SALVO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
243
194
147
146
116
114
85
80
64
63
55
46
40
38
37
36
29
27
27
24
21
19
16
15
14
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALVO:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
10.3% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
8.2% →
TRACE 5.66 bits
6.2% →
CRINE 4.99 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 4.69 bits
4.9% →
PLANE 4.58 bits
4.8% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
HEIST 4.98 bits
3.4% →
PEART 4.53 bits
2.7% →
COOER 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1V4O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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