5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JIHAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪˈhæd//d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd//d͡ʒəˈhɑːd/

Noun

A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

Noun

A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement or against evil.

Verb

To participate in a jihad.

Alternative forms: jehad

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 JIHAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JIHAD 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,309 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___D J in the 1st position and D in the 5th position J__A_ J in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE TRINE CORSE SOLER DROLE
Words starting with J Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JIHAD 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,309 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JIHAD ranks #13,309 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
676
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
350
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
21%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

581
457
234
165
113
110
95
94
81
53
40
39
33
30
29
22
14
14
13
11
11
11
9
9
9
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JIHAD:

25% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
SOREL 6.13 bits
19.4% →
TARSE 5.47 bits
9.9% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
7.0% →
CORSE 5.49 bits
4.8% →
SOREL 4.82 bits
4.7% →
SOLER 4.54 bits
4.0% →
DROLE 5.08 bits
4.0% →
CARSE 4.92 bits
3.4% →
SATIN 4.68 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8I1H4A1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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