5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLIVE

SLIVE 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: /slaɪv//slɪv/

Verb

To live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident.

Verb

To cut; split; separate.

Noun

A slice or sliver; slip, chip.

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 SLIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLIVE 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT CATER ANTIC GRACE SCANT LOYAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLIVE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLIVE ranks #5,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
211
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
43%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
259
145
122
121
115
92
76
67
66
46
45
43
40
39
36
33
29
29
29
26
25
24
24
23
21
21
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLIVE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
CATER
6% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
COURT 5.82 bits
11.0% →
CATER 5.22 bits
6.1% →
ANTIC 5.18 bits
5.2% →
GRACE 4.55 bits
5.1% →
SCANT 4.52 bits
4.9% →
LOYAL 4.90 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.47 bits
3.2% →
TRASH 4.95 bits
2.8% →
TRONE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
CANOE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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