Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

YRIVD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

past participle of rive

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 YRIVD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YRIVD 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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.

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YRIVD 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YRIVD ranks #8,578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
26%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

642
310
184
167
132
131
65
65
62
48
43
42
37
30
24
24
23
20
20
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16
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16
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YRIVD:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2%
SLATE 6.45 bits
13.1%
SALET 5.46 bits
7.8%
ALOSE 4.93 bits
7.1%
CONTE 5.17 bits
5.6%
COATE 5.05 bits
5.6%
SLANT 5.12 bits
2.8%
LEANT 4.89 bits
2.8%
CARER 4.33 bits
2.6%
SIENT 4.43 bits
2.0%
ALOSE 3.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4R1I1V4D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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