5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JESUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/[ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zəs] ~ [ˈd͡ʒɪi̯zs̩]/ˈd͡ʒiːˌzʌs/

Proper noun

Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.

Proper noun

A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

Noun

The Christian savior.

Interjection

An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.

“Jesus, that was close!”

Alternative forms: Iesus, Iesvs, Jesu

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 JESUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JESUS 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 372 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,636 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__U_ J in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL SLANT TRULY LAIRY TIARE
Words starting with J Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
372 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JESUS 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,636 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JESUS ranks #14,636 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
498
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
449
6 guesses
37

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
510
217
192
187
162
79
53
30
26
25
23
17
14
13
13
12
11
11
8
8
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7
5
5
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JESUS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
22% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
TALON 5.83 bits
21.6% →
ARIEL 5.16 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
8.1% →
TRULY 4.69 bits
7.9% →
LAIRY 4.63 bits
6.9% →
TIARE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
TRUCE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.14 bits
1.3% →
CLOUT 4.22 bits
1.1% →
STRAE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8E1S1U1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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