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LIVID F
80.3%
of words eliminated

How LIVID performs

Played first, LIVID removes about 80.3% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.48 bits of information. Roughly 23% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, LIVID left an average of 459 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 19, 2026, when the answer was CHURN and 943 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeLIVID
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green23.3%
Any green or yellow60.0%
Whole row gray40.0%
Worst case answers left943

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