5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __AV_

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What the remaining words have in common

37 matching words2 not previously used13 past answers

Position 1C 16%B 14%G 14%S 14%
Position 2R 27%E 22%H 14%L 14%
Position 5E 59%A 14%Y 11%S 8%

Possible answers

BRAVE BRAVO CRAVE GRAVE GRAVY GUAVA HEAVE HEAVY KNAVE LEAVE SHAVE SLAVE

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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Shortlist note

How to play this shortlist

This pattern has 37 words in the Wordle guess list; 15 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 15 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); GRAVE (November 20, 2025); GRAVY (December 8, 2025); GUAVA (February 22, 2026); HEAVE (March 12, 2024); HEAVY (February 22, 2024); plus 5 more.

Top-ranked splitter HERBS
Average remaining
1.8
Worst branch
3
Information
3.19 bits

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

Hard Mode Use REAVE instead.

HERBS does not fit this page's clues. REAVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.27 (5 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; HERBS tests the family more efficiently.

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What fits __AV_?

All 37 matching words are shown above. 15 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 68% R 30% L 22% S 22% H 19% C 16%

Words with five different letters

68% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BRAVE BRAVO CRAVE GRAVE GRAVY

Common letter pairs

AV 37/37 words (100%) VE 22/37 words (59%) RA 10/37 words (27%) EA 8/37 words (22%) VA 5/37 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 11% · two: 57% · three or more: 32%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __AV_?
37 five-letter words match __AV_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.