5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAMBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæm/

Noun

A leg, of an animal or person.

Noun

Synonym of jambeau (“a greave”).

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 JAMBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAMBE 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,444 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___E J in the 1st position and E in the 5th position J__B_ J in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY DETER SLART SIREN SONLY SOULY
Words starting with J Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAMBE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,444 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAMBE ranks #12,444 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
646
4 guesses
1,360
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
13
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

534
344
273
209
142
107
92
72
68
44
44
39
38
30
26
25
24
24
22
20
18
18
15
12
9
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAMBE:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
15% chance
Suggested:
DETER
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
SOILY 5.65 bits
14.6% →
DETER 5.30 bits
11.6% →
SLART 5.39 bits
8.9% →
SIREN 4.56 bits
6.0% →
SONLY 4.39 bits
4.5% →
SLART 4.87 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.47 bits
3.1% →
SOULY 4.72 bits
2.9% →
BUILT 4.70 bits
1.9% →
REBEL 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1M3B3E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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