5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LIVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɪvz//laɪvz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of live

Noun

plural 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 LIVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIVES 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,347 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

COURT TRACE SHART ROANY TRAIN ORATE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIVES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,347 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIVES ranks #7,347 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
250
182
160
142
131
119
105
73
70
59
56
56
40
37
31
27
21
21
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIVES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
COURT 5.82 bits
10.6% →
TRACE 5.73 bits
7.7% →
SHART 5.24 bits
6.8% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
6.0% →
TRAIN 5.49 bits
5.6% →
ORATE 4.08 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.86 bits
4.5% →
BEARE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.72 bits
3.0% →
MINTY 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1V4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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