5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

IAMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of iambus

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 IAMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IAMBI 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 358 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,405 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

_A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL SLATE TRINE TORSE BLUER ROUTE
Words starting with I Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
358 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IAMBI 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,405 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IAMBI ranks #13,405 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
18%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

690
393
377
195
90
79
74
55
55
41
39
30
30
30
27
19
10
10
10
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5
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3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IAMBI:

29% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
SOREL 6.04 bits
16.7% →
SLATE 5.59 bits
16.0% →
TRINE 5.38 bits
8.3% →
TORSE 4.79 bits
3.8% →
BLUER 5.00 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 5.22 bits
3.1% →
TRAIL 4.63 bits
2.3% →
TRADE 4.74 bits
2.3% →
SCALE 4.54 bits
1.7% →
TRINE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1A1M3B3I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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