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LIVED C
91.5%
of words eliminated

How LIVED performs

Played first, LIVED removes about 91.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.56 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, LIVED left an average of 198 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 496 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLIVED
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green27.5%
Any green or yellow79.0%
Whole row gray21.0%
Worst case answers left496

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.