5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JIBER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who jeers or taunts.

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 JIBER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIBER 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___R J in the 1st position and R in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SLANT TEASE ROAST
Words starting with J Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIBER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIBER ranks #10,518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
16
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

476
326
231
185
165
99
96
95
85
68
57
41
34
30
30
29
27
23
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIBER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
13.8% →
SLATE 5.81 bits
9.8% →
COAST 5.51 bits
7.8% →
SLANT 5.52 bits
7.0% →
TEASE 4.81 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 3.47 bits
4.1% →
SALTY 4.27 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.59 bits
2.9% →
PRINT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1B3E1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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