5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BIBLE

BIBLE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪbəl/

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”).

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

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 BIBLE performs as a guess

BIBLE 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,217 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

B___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT SONAR RENAL COAST SAUNT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIBLE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,217 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIBLE ranks #11,217 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
20
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
B E L I E
B I B L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BIBLE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
324
215
187
161
108
92
62
61
55
53
46
45
35
25
24
23
21
19
19
18
17
16
15
13
13
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIBLE:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
13.7% →
ROAST 5.31 bits
9.1% →
ROAST 5.27 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
6.8% →
SONAR 5.25 bits
4.6% →
RENAL 4.52 bits
3.9% →
COAST 4.27 bits
2.6% →
SAUNT 4.14 bits
2.6% →
SALTY 4.18 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1B3L1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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