5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _E_V_

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Possible answers

DELVE HEAVE HEAVY LEAVE NERVE NERVY SERVE VERVE WEAVE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 36 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DELVE (May 16, 2022); HEAVE (March 12, 2024); HEAVY (February 22, 2024); LEAVE (October 1, 2022); NERVE (January 1, 2025); NERVY (July 16, 2025); SERVE (June 28, 2021); VERVE (August 23, 2023); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter HALSE
Average remaining
1.22
Worst branch
2
Information
2.95 bits

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

Hard Mode Use LEAVE instead.

HALSE does not fit this page's clues. LEAVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.89 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _ERVE

NERVE, SERVE, VERVE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; HALSE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _E_V_?

All 36 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 39% A 25% Y 22% S 19% P 19% L 17%

Words with five different letters

31% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HEAVY NERVY DERVS LEAVY PEAVY

Common letter pairs

VE 16% ER 8% RV 8% EA 6% AV 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 19% · two: 44% · three or more: 36%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _E_V_?
36 five-letter words match _E_V_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SELVA has the highest feedback entropy at 4.88 bits against the possible answers.
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