5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHIBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of chib

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of chib

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 CHIBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHIBS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,816 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

C___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE ALURE GRATE TEARY REACT
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHIBS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#5,816 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHIBS ranks #5,816 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
285
205
134
115
100
80
72
59
49
46
43
40
34
30
27
25
24
22
16
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15
15
12
10
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHIBS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
ROATE 6.00 bits
12.1% →
ROATE 5.65 bits
8.7% →
TILDE 5.22 bits
5.7% →
ALURE 5.65 bits
4.9% →
GRATE 5.10 bits
4.2% →
ROATE 5.18 bits
3.4% →
TEARY 5.32 bits
3.1% →
REACT 5.29 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.15 bits
2.1% →
SATER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1B3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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