5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLIVE

BLIVE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blaɪv/

Verb

Alternative form of belive ("to remain").

Adverb

quickly; forthwith

Alternative forms: belive

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How BLIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLIVE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,701 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__V_ B in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SATER SATIN LOYAL SHART REAST
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLIVE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,701 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLIVE ranks #7,701 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
296
186
160
141
101
96
74
52
47
46
43
31
28
27
27
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLIVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

21.9% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
12.6% →
SATER 5.33 bits
7.9% →
ROAST 5.32 bits
6.8% →
SATIN 4.96 bits
6.0% →
LOYAL 5.01 bits
4.3% →
SHART 4.84 bits
4.1% →
REAST 4.49 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.46 bits
2.2% →
RISEN 4.32 bits
2.0% →
SAUNT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for BLIVE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

B3L1I1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.