5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SARVO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Contraction of this arvo (“this afternoon”).

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 SARVO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SARVO 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,800 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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

CLINE TRIED COLON PLANE TRADE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SARVO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,800 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SARVO ranks #6,800 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
17
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
187
185
180
133
127
121
110
73
59
58
54
44
41
41
41
31
30
28
24
23
23
21
19
19
19
18
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SARVO:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
COLON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
CLINE 5.94 bits
7.9% →
TRIED 5.30 bits
7.8% →
COLON 4.79 bits
7.6% →
PLANE 5.38 bits
5.6% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
5.4% →
CLINE 4.46 bits
5.1% →
CLINE 4.97 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 4.30 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.33 bits
2.5% →
HEIST 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1R1V4O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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