5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GIBER

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who utters gibes.

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 GIBER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GIBER 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,067 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.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SLANT TEASE SALTY
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GIBER 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,067 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GIBER ranks #4,067 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
287
204
158
143
91
90
80
74
59
54
38
34
33
31
29
28
27
26
23
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16
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GIBER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
12.2% →
SLATE 5.88 bits
8.6% →
COAST 5.57 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.39 bits
6.1% →
TEASE 4.91 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
3.8% →
COAST 3.59 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.29 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
2.5% →
TRICK 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2I1B3E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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