5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SOAVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A comune of Veneto, Italy.

Proper noun

A dry white wine made in that region from grape varieties that include the Garganega.

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 SOAVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOAVE 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,282 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY DETER CARAT ALTER HOTLY FRONT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOAVE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,282 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOAVE ranks #8,282 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
48%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

250
234
179
126
121
120
116
90
81
73
54
49
48
48
43
42
38
36
34
34
29
28
27
27
27
21
21
20
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOAVE:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
10% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
TRULY 5.32 bits
9.9% →
DETER 5.50 bits
7.6% →
CARAT 4.85 bits
5.3% →
ALTER 4.61 bits
5.1% →
HOTLY 3.70 bits
5.1% →
FRONT 4.65 bits
4.9% →
TUILE 4.49 bits
3.8% →
CRINE 4.22 bits
3.4% →
SPILT 4.40 bits
3.1% →
ACTOR 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1A1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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