5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SHIVS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of shiv

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shiv

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 SHIVS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHIVS 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 450 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,299 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LINER PEART CRANE CARTE TRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.48 Entropy (bits)
450 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHIVS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHIVS ranks #13,299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
30%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

941
247
209
148
138
115
52
50
47
42
38
35
30
29
26
23
23
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10
9
9
9
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6
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHIVS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
PEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
ROATE 5.95 bits
10.5% →
LINER 5.17 bits
8.9% →
PEART 5.38 bits
6.3% →
CRANE 4.86 bits
5.9% →
CARTE 5.34 bits
4.9% →
ROATE 5.40 bits
2.2% →
TRACE 4.93 bits
2.1% →
VALOR 4.98 bits
2.0% →
PLANE 4.09 bits
1.8% →
LATER 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1V4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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