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GIVEN

Yes, GIVEN was the Wordle answer on October 22, 2023 (Wordle #855).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən/[ˈɡɪvən] ~ [ˈɡɪvn̩]

Verb

past participle of give

Preposition

Considering; taking into account.

“Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.”

Noun

A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

“When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.”

Adjective

Already arranged.

“If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.”

Alternative forms: giv'n

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 22, 2023 (#855).

See the full page for that puzzle: October 22, 2023 (#855).

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

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How GIVEN performs as a guess

GIVEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,696 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

G___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__N I in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in GIVEN.

First-turn measures

All four describe GIVEN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.43 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How GIVEN 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#7,696 Rank among openers
Opening with GIVEN left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.72 average. It ranks #7,696 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
G I V E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GIVEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

GIVEN can come back 98 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

569 answers
378 answers
177 answers
162 answers
129 answers
79 answers
70 answers
67 answers
51 answers
41 answers
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36 answers
27 answers
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14 answers
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12 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1V4E1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR COAST TARSE ARENE

Strategy after playing GIVEN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GIVEN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIVEN:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
ROAST 5.98 bits
15.9% →
SLART 5.95 bits
7.5% →
SLART 5.41 bits
6.8% →
SOLAR 4.64 bits
5.4% →
COAST 5.10 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.48 bits
2.9% →
ARENE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
2.1% →
ROAST 4.18 bits
1.7% →
SCARY 4.17 bits

Research on GIVEN

Game-tree analysis and word research for GIVEN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with GIVEN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.74 guesses and ranks #7,634 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with GIVEN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.72, at or below the proven-optimal 3.74, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it GIHVUHN.

Rhymes with RIVEN

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, GIVEN is a kind of assumption.

Synonyms granted minded apt disposed tending presumption

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
GIVEN sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 257 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A2); among the first words English learners study.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (2.6 of 5).

In a sentence

It was given to me.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)
This was given to me.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).