5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SELVA

SELVA 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

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlvə/

Noun

Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.

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 SELVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SELVA 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 5th position S__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE CAIRN TARGE COULD SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SELVA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SELVA ranks #6,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
19
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
254
231
120
116
102
93
92
81
69
66
62
58
51
43
32
32
32
31
29
28
25
22
20
18
17
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SELVA:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
10.8% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
9.8% →
CAIRN 5.30 bits
5.1% →
TARGE 4.76 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.82 bits
4.3% →
SNOUT 4.48 bits
3.9% →
ALTAR 4.15 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.46 bits
3.4% →
ELIDE 4.38 bits
2.9% →
HOIST 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1L1V4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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