Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

FIBRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.bə(ɹ)/

Noun

A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

“The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.”

Noun

Material in the form of fibres.

“The cloth was made from strange, somewhat rough fibre.”

Alternative forms: fiber

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 FIBRE performs as a guess

FIBRE 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,857 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FIBRE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,857 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FIBRE ranks #3,857 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
11
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
D I R G E
F I B R E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches FIBRE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
225
180
171
168
166
86
69
61
58
56
51
36
32
29
27
27
24
23
21
19
19
18
18
17
17
15
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FIBRE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3%
SAULT 5.91 bits
9.5%
SLANT 5.47 bits
7.6%
COAST 5.28 bits
7.3%
SLANT 5.32 bits
7.1%
SOLAR 4.19 bits
7.0%
SLANT 5.51 bits
3.6%
SALTY 4.26 bits
2.9%
COAST 4.28 bits
2.6%
COAST 4.59 bits
2.5%
SOULY 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4I1B3R1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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