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Five-letter words matching S__V_

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Possible answers

SALVE SALVO SAVVY SERVE SHAVE SHOVE SIEVE SLAVE SOLVE STAVE STOVE SUAVE

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This pattern has 33 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: SAVVY (July 28, 2025); SERVE (June 28, 2021); SHAVE (May 6, 2024); SHOVE (December 6, 2024); SOLVE (December 1, 2021); STOVE (March 30, 2022); SUAVE (February 16, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter ALERT
Average remaining
1.17
Worst branch
2
Information
3.42 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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ALERT does not fit this page's clues. SALVO keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.83 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: S_AVE

SHAVE, SLAVE, STAVE, SUAVE differ only in the second position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ALERT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits S__V_?

All 33 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 70% A 45% I 39% L 27% O 24% H 18%

Words with five different letters

85% of the matches have no repeated letters.

SALVE SALVO SHAVE SHOVE SLAVE

Common letter pairs

VE 14% IV 8% LV 5% AV 5% SH 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 21% · two: 67% · three or more: 12%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S__V_?
33 five-letter words match S__V_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SLAVE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.19 bits against the possible answers.
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