5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIFES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of life

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of life

Noun

genitive of life

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 LIFES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIFES 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,369 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LI_ES L in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY TRACE SHART TRAIN TONER ROAST
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIFES 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIFES ranks #5,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
18
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
264
175
140
135
133
125
97
72
70
54
53
49
46
38
37
26
24
23
21
21
20
18
18
18
17
17
17
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIFES:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
ROANY 5.67 bits
11.2% →
TRACE 5.67 bits
7.4% →
SHART 5.26 bits
5.9% →
ROANY 4.86 bits
5.7% →
TRAIN 5.42 bits
5.6% →
TONER 4.40 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 4.84 bits
4.1% →
BEARE 4.51 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.56 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1F4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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