5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

WAIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /weɪv//wɛjv//wæɪv/

Verb

To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

“If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.”

Verb

To put aside, avoid.

Noun

A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.

Noun

A waif; a castaway.

Alternative forms: wave

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 WAIVE performs as a guess

WAIVE 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,261 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___E W in the 1st position and E in the 5th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STORY SETER SLART PILOT SONLY ROUSE
Words starting with W Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAIVE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,261 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAIVE ranks #11,261 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
N A I V E
W A I V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches WAIVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
252
240
150
140
138
128
113
85
67
52
49
46
40
35
32
31
28
26
25
24
15
15
14
14
13
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAIVE:

16% chance
Suggested:
STORY
11% chance
Suggested:
SETER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
STORY 5.56 bits
10.7% →
SETER 5.51 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.39 bits
6.4% →
PILOT 4.76 bits
5.9% →
SONLY 4.39 bits
5.8% →
ROUSE 4.56 bits
5.4% →
RENAL 4.65 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.31 bits
2.8% →
RIPEN 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1I1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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