5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

IMBAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɑː(ɹ)/

Verb

To bar in; to secure with, or as if with, bars.

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 IMBAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts IMBAR 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

I___R I in the 1st position and R in the 5th position I__A_ I in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _M__R M in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SIENT SCOTE TRACE STILE
Words starting with I Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How IMBAR 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, IMBAR ranks #6,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
10
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
19%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
306
278
219
135
82
80
69
69
63
57
45
37
36
31
31
29
25
24
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing IMBAR:

17% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
STOLE 6.00 bits
13.0% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
11.8% →
SIENT 5.33 bits
9.3% →
SCOTE 5.43 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.76 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.63 bits
3.4% →
SOLED 3.85 bits
2.9% →
CLOTE 4.60 bits
2.9% →
POLEY 4.78 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

I1M3B3A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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