5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _R_V_

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Possible answers

BRAVE BRAVO CRAVE DRIVE DROVE GRAVE GRAVY GROVE PRIVY PROVE TROVE

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 25 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BRAVE (November 20, 2022); BRAVO (June 2, 2024); CRAVE (January 30, 2023); DRIVE (November 23, 2022); DROVE (June 28, 2024); GRAVE (November 20, 2025); GRAVY (December 8, 2025); GROVE (October 21, 2022); plus 2 more.

Top-ranked splitter BODGE
Average remaining
1.18
Worst branch
2
Information
3.28 bits

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

Hard Mode Use GROVE instead.

BODGE does not fit this page's clues. GROVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.09 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _ROVE

DROVE, GROVE, PROVE, TROVE differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BODGE tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _R_V_?

All 25 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 64% A 40% B 24% O 24% G 24% D 16%

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAVE BRAVO CRAVE DRIVE DROVE

Common letter pairs

VE 14% RA 10% AV 10% BR 6% GR 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 24% · two: 76% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _R_V_?
25 five-letter words match _R_V_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TRAVE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.34 bits against the possible answers.
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