5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TRAVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tɹeɪv/

Noun

A crossbeam.

Noun

A section formed by crossbeams.

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 TRAVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TRAVE 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

T___E T in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SONLY OLDEN HOIST CURRY CLASP
Words starting with T Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TRAVE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TRAVE ranks #3,228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
16
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
149
133
131
124
115
82
78
71
66
65
65
55
45
42
39
34
33
31
28
28
25
25
24
23
23
22
21
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TRAVE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
6% chance
Suggested:
SONLY
6% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 5.07 bits
5.6% →
OLDEN 4.92 bits
5.6% →
HOIST 5.17 bits
5.3% →
SOILY 4.59 bits
4.9% →
SOILY 3.92 bits
3.5% →
CURRY 4.82 bits
3.3% →
CLASP 4.58 bits
3.0% →
MARRY 4.35 bits
2.8% →
SLEET 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1R1A1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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