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VERVE

Yes, VERVE was the Wordle answer on August 23, 2023 (Wordle #795).

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /vɜːv//vɝv/

Noun

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

Noun

A particular skill in writing.

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: August 23, 2023 (#795).

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

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How VERVE performs as a guess

VERVE 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT TRAIN SAINT SHALT COAST SLART
Words starting with V Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VERVE 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VERVE ranks #14,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
611
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
415
6 guesses
27
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
33%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
G E N R E
V E R V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VERVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
308
217
176
153
97
95
83
46
32
24
24
21
18
18
18
17
15
15
14
14
14
14
8
7
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VERVE:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
SLANT 5.86 bits
13.1% →
TRAIN 5.24 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
6.5% →
SAINT 4.17 bits
4.1% →
SHALT 4.65 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.81 bits
3.5% →
COAST 4.31 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.83 bits
1.4% →
SLEET 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

V4E1R1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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