5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmbi//ˈkɑmbi/

Noun

An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.

Noun

Clipping of combination.

“My old combi boiler broke down.”

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 COMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COMBI 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,417 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___I C in the 1st position and I in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SNORT TALER SERAL LEANT
Words starting with C Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COMBI 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,417 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COMBI ranks #7,417 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

654
366
203
143
102
99
83
82
51
44
39
39
32
31
30
28
27
26
23
22
19
17
15
14
11
10
10
9
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COMBI:

28% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNORT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
TARSE 6.32 bits
15.5% →
TRINE 5.54 bits
8.6% →
SNORT 5.26 bits
6.1% →
TALER 4.70 bits
4.3% →
SERAL 5.42 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 5.42 bits
3.5% →
TARSE 5.32 bits
3.5% →
STARE 5.14 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.18 bits
1.9% →
RIONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1M3B3I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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