5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ULVAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ulva

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 ULVAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ULVAS 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,999 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

U___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARNE TRINE CRONE LIBEL PEART
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULVAS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,999 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULVAS ranks #7,999 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
336
210
174
141
120
80
77
54
54
52
44
43
34
34
32
27
26
22
21
21
18
18
17
12
12
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULVAS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
14.2% →
CARNE 5.47 bits
8.9% →
TRINE 5.59 bits
7.4% →
CRONE 5.08 bits
6.0% →
LIBEL 5.00 bits
5.1% →
PEART 4.91 bits
3.4% →
PARTE 4.66 bits
3.3% →
SHUNT 4.36 bits
2.3% →
TRODE 4.58 bits
2.3% →
CRINE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1V4A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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