5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JABOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʒæ.bəʊ/

Noun

A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.

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 JABOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JABOT 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,310 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

J___T J in the 1st position and T in the 5th position J__O_ J in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE CRONE SIREN SHIRE RONTE
Words starting with J Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JABOT 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,310 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JABOT ranks #10,310 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
18
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
313
280
156
144
97
82
77
64
60
58
52
51
36
35
28
20
18
17
14
13
13
13
11
10
10
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JABOT:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
SLIER 6.05 bits
13.3% →
SLANE 5.42 bits
11.9% →
CRONE 5.32 bits
6.6% →
SIREN 4.58 bits
6.1% →
SHIRE 5.44 bits
4.1% →
SLIER 5.31 bits
3.5% →
SHIRE 4.66 bits
3.3% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
SLIER 4.91 bits
2.5% →
MORAL 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1B3O1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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