5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JAMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of jamb

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 JAMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAMBS 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,572 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S J in the 1st position and S in the 5th position J__B_ J in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALERT TOILE RONTE THALE ROUTE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAMBS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,572 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAMBS ranks #12,572 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
18%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

746
332
320
172
134
113
88
52
51
45
38
32
32
26
21
18
15
13
13
12
9
7
6
6
6
5
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAMBS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
14.1% →
ALERT 5.60 bits
13.6% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
5.7% →
THALE 4.76 bits
4.8% →
TOILE 5.34 bits
3.7% →
ROUTE 5.15 bits
2.2% →
BEARD 4.79 bits
2.2% →
STOLE 3.96 bits
1.9% →
DROLE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1M3B3S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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