5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_V_

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Possible answers

CARVE HALVE LARVA MAUVE NAIVE SALVE SALVO SAVVY VALVE WAIVE

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This pattern has 29 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CARVE (October 10, 2024); HALVE (October 17, 2024); LARVA (April 30, 2022); MAUVE (December 1, 2024); NAIVE (December 11, 2022); SAVVY (July 28, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter HILUS
Average remaining
1.4
Worst branch
2
Information
2.92 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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HILUS does not fit this page's clues. CALVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.2 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _ALVE

HALVE, SALVE, VALVE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; HILUS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_V_?

All 29 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 52% L 38% R 28% Y 24% S 17% O 17%

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

CARVE HALVE MAUVE NAIVE SALVE

Common letter pairs

VE 11% AR 7% RV 7% AL 7% LV 7%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 21% · two: 52% · three or more: 28%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_V_?
29 five-letter words match _A_V_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SALVE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.16 bits against the possible answers.
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