5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swaɪv/

Verb

To have sex with (someone).

Verb

To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest.

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 SWIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWIVE 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,049 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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 _W__E W in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER TRAIN ALURE ROAST CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWIVE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,049 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWIVE ranks #11,049 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
339
181
168
147
97
97
62
57
49
46
46
41
36
35
33
31
31
26
24
24
22
21
16
13
12
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWIVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TALON 5.71 bits
14.4% →
ALTER 5.45 bits
7.7% →
TRAIN 5.09 bits
7.1% →
ALURE 4.28 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 4.54 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.51 bits
4.1% →
TRASH 4.89 bits
2.6% →
DINER 4.49 bits
2.4% →
WORLD 4.77 bits
2.1% →
PEART 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4I1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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