5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SILVA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The forest trees of a particular area

Alternative forms: sylva

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 SILVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SILVA 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,130 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 _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARTE TRINE TRACE ROUET CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SILVA 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
0.71 Volatility
#6,130 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SILVA ranks #6,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
316
165
153
138
119
99
94
83
62
61
55
49
34
33
32
23
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
18
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SILVA:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TONER 6.01 bits
13.4% →
CARTE 5.56 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.63 bits
6.5% →
TRACE 4.60 bits
5.8% →
ROUET 5.09 bits
5.0% →
TONER 5.12 bits
4.2% →
CONTE 4.55 bits
4.0% →
RUOTE 5.24 bits
3.5% →
PEART 4.54 bits
2.6% →
TRACE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1L1V4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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