5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JELAB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of djellaba.

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 JELAB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JELAB 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,690 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__A_ J in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIREE TRAIN TARSE SOULY TERSE
Words starting with J Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JELAB 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JELAB ranks #12,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
20
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
371
296
157
136
110
101
91
53
52
40
38
37
34
31
28
27
21
20
18
18
16
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JELAB:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
16% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
HOIST 5.92 bits
15.7% →
SIREE 5.39 bits
12.6% →
TRAIN 5.20 bits
6.7% →
TARSE 4.74 bits
5.8% →
SOULY 4.70 bits
4.7% →
TERSE 4.51 bits
4.3% →
SIREE 4.35 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.15 bits
2.2% →
BRUNT 4.57 bits
2.2% →
STAGE 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1L1A1B3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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