- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching _L_VE
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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: ALIVE (February 1, 2024); CLOVE (February 21, 2025); GLOVE (March 20, 2023); OLIVE (April 23, 2022).
ABACI does not fit this page's clues. ALIVE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.4 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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ALIVE
used
CLOVE
used
GLOVE
used
OLIVE
used
SLAVE
possible
BLIVE
guess
CLAVE
guess
CLEVE
guess
SLIVE
guess
SLOVE
guess
Pattern guide
What fits _L_VE?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 5 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, B, C, G, O, S
- 3rd letter A, E, I, O
Meanings and answer history
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ALIVE
Having life; living; not dead.
“As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 1, 2024.
CLOVE
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 21, 2025.
GLOVE
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
“I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 20, 2023.
OLIVE
A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: April 23, 2022.
SLAVE
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BLIVE
Alternative form of belive ("to remain").
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CLAVE
singular of claves
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CLEVE
A room; chamber.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SLIVE
To live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SLOVE
simple past of slive
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _L_VE?
- 10 five-letter words match _L_VE in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 5 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SLAVE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.19 bits against the possible answers.