5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SOLVE

Yes, SOLVE was the Wordle answer on December 1, 2021 (Wordle #165).

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

Open Solver with SOLVE Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɒlv/[sɔɫv][sɔʊ̯v]

Verb

To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

Verb

to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)

“to solve a murder to solve a crime”

Noun

A solution; an explanation.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 1, 2021 (#165).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How SOLVE performs as a guess

SOLVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

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 #6,379 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 _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER APRON RAINY TIARE STANK
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.04% 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 SOLVE 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
#6,379 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOLVE ranks #6,379 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
12
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
44%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
S O L V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOLVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
268
143
141
139
114
113
105
77
55
50
44
42
40
38
37
35
33
30
29
28
28
21
21
19
18
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOLVE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
6% chance
Suggested:
APRON

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
6.1% →
APRON 5.04 bits
6.0% →
RAINY 4.73 bits
5.9% →
TIARE 4.49 bits
4.8% →
STANK 4.59 bits
4.8% →
NORTH 4.17 bits
4.5% →
RENAL 4.56 bits
3.3% →
TRASH 4.64 bits
2.3% →
BAILE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1L1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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