5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JESSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/

Proper noun

The son of Obed and the father of king David.

Proper noun

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Noun

A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.

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 JESSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JESSE 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 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 445 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,765 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 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 _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL RAILE SLANT CLARY PRATE
Words starting with J Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
445 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JESSE 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,765 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JESSE ranks #14,765 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
464
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
503
6 guesses
52
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
34%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

900
297
236
234
144
69
61
48
41
37
36
30
27
26
25
16
12
11
9
9
9
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7
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6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JESSE:

38% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
TALON 5.74 bits
12.6% →
ARIEL 4.95 bits
10.0% →
RAILE 4.36 bits
9.9% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
6.1% →
CLARY 4.91 bits
2.9% →
PRATE 3.69 bits
2.6% →
TRASH 4.44 bits
2.0% →
PALER 4.04 bits
1.7% →
ENTER 4.12 bits
1.6% →
ROULE 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1S1S1E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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