5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLOVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past of slive

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 SLOVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOVE 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,037 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___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

TRAIN DETER NORTH TIARE STANK LAIRY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOVE 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
#6,037 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOVE ranks #6,037 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
13
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
268
185
139
114
109
95
77
71
60
55
54
50
42
40
38
37
35
33
31
27
27
25
24
19
17
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOVE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
NORTH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TRAIN 5.95 bits
11.4% →
DETER 5.43 bits
7.8% →
NORTH 4.95 bits
5.9% →
TIARE 4.49 bits
4.8% →
STANK 4.59 bits
4.6% →
LAIRY 4.74 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.67 bits
3.3% →
TRASH 4.64 bits
3.0% →
FRONT 3.95 bits
2.5% →
PLAIN 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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