5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCHAV

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).

Noun

Synonym of sorrel (plant).

Alternative forms: shchav, shtshav, shav

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 SCHAV performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCHAV 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,209 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

RIONE ALERT TRINE CRINE RUOTE RONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with V

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCHAV 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,209 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCHAV ranks #10,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
773
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

635
368
160
135
112
111
89
74
70
64
59
57
42
41
35
32
24
23
23
21
17
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCHAV:

27% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
RIONE 5.96 bits
15.6% →
ALERT 5.26 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.13 bits
5.7% →
CRINE 5.33 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.57 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 5.46 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 4.54 bits
3.1% →
CARNE 4.66 bits
3.0% →
RIONE 4.35 bits
2.7% →
TALER 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3H4A1V4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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