live
Live commonly means to be an inhabitant of or reside in, continue to live and avoid dying, or lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style. Live is also used as adjective or adverb, with meanings including actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing or not recorded.
Length
4
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
LI
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “LIVE” Mean?
/laɪv/
live has 19 documented senses across adjective, adverb, verb.
Adjective
11 sensesactually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
“a live television program”
“brought to you live from Lincoln Center”
“live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience”
Synonyms
exerting force or containing energy
“live coals”
“tossed a live cigarette out the window”
“got a shock from a live wire”
“live ore is unmined ore”
possessing life
“the happiest person alive”
“the nerve is alive”
“doctors are working hard to keep him alive”
“burned alive”
Synonyms
highly reverberant
“a live concert hall”
charged with an explosive
“live ammunition”
“a live bomb”
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abounding with life and energy
“the club members are a really live bunch”
in current use or ready for use
“live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread”
of current relevance
“a live issue”
“still a live option”
Adverb
1 sensenot recorded
“the opera was broadcast live”
Verb
7 senseslead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
“we had to live frugally after the war”
have life, be alive
“Our great leader is no more”
“My grandfather lived until the end of war”
Synonyms
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
“I know the feeling!”
“have you ever known hunger?”
“I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict”
“The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare”
Synonyms
Show 1 more verb definition
pursue a positive and satisfying existence
“You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live”
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Length
4 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
L, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆LIVE has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆LIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆LIVE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
LI, IV, VE
Trigrams
LIV, IVE
Crossword Intelligence
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