5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIBBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of jubbah.

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 JIBBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIBBA 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 494 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,746 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.03 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 5th position J__B_ J in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE TRINE RONTE TRAIN ROUET
Words starting with J Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.92 Entropy (bits)
494 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIBBA 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.

4.03 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,746 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIBBA ranks #14,746 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
492
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
541
6 guesses
40
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
15%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
638
298
166
101
84
65
45
22
15
15
15
12
11
8
8
7
7
7
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIBBA:

33% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
SOREL 6.00 bits
27.1% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
12.6% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 4.58 bits
4.3% →
TRAIN 4.68 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.92 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 4.70 bits
1.9% →
MARLE 4.37 bits
0.9% →
CLINE 3.84 bits
0.6% →
REATE 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1B3B3A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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