5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

LIVID

Yes, LIVID was the Wordle answer on May 18, 2025 (Wordle #1429).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɪd/

Adjective

Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Adjective

Pale, pallid.

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: May 18, 2025 (#1429).

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

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How LIVID performs as a guess

LIVID is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.0% of games, misses completely in 40.0%, and leaves about 464 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,529 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ALOSE STANE ROATE RONTE CARET
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.48 Entropy (bits)
464 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIVID 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,529 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIVID ranks #13,529 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
665
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
392
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
23%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C I V I L
L I V I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIVID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

943
344
181
137
106
78
60
59
56
46
31
27
26
23
20
20
18
15
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
7
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIVID:

40% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.0% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
14.6% →
ALOSE 5.25 bits
7.7% →
STANE 5.28 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.30 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.65 bits
3.3% →
CARET 5.09 bits
2.5% →
TEARY 4.72 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.20 bits
2.4% →
BRANE 4.78 bits
2.0% →
SOARE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1V4I1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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