5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

VALVE

VALVE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvælv/

Noun

A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

“open the valve”

Noun

One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.

“the ileocecal valve”

Verb

To control (flow) by means of a valve.

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

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 VALVE performs as a guess

VALVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,473 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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.

V___E V in the 1st position and E in the 5th position V__V_ V in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER TRASH SIREN SOULY RAINY
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VALVE 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,473 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VALVE ranks #13,473 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
611
4 guesses
1,318
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
H A L V E
V A L V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VALVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
298
218
189
157
150
106
91
83
70
42
40
38
35
31
30
24
23
19
14
14
13
11
11
10
9
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VALVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SNORT 5.85 bits
12.6% →
DETER 5.40 bits
9.2% →
TRASH 5.15 bits
8.0% →
SIREN 4.63 bits
6.7% →
SOULY 4.63 bits
6.4% →
RAINY 4.05 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
3.9% →
TREAD 4.66 bits
3.5% →
SLEER 4.34 bits
3.0% →
SHART 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4A1L1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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