5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JAMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of jambul.

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 JAMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAMBO 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,279 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.

J___O J in the 1st position and O in the 5th position J__B_ J in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRONE TRINE TUILE TONAL
Words starting with J Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAMBO 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,279 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAMBO ranks #13,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
358
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

686
389
373
198
90
80
74
54
46
43
40
28
28
27
26
17
13
13
11
9
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAMBO:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
16.5% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
15.8% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
TUILE 5.12 bits
3.4% →
TONAL 4.46 bits
3.1% →
SEITY 5.12 bits
2.3% →
SCALE 4.67 bits
2.0% →
BEARD 4.60 bits
1.8% →
ROUTE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1M3B3O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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