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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

JUMBO

Yes, JUMBO was the Wordle answer on January 30, 2026 (Wordle #1686).

As an opener, it rules out about 77.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ//ˈd͡ʒʌmboʊ/

Adjective

Especially large or powerful.

“a jumbo helping”

Noun

An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.

Noun

An elephant.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 30, 2026 (#1686).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How JUMBO performs as a guess

JUMBO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 57.2% of games, misses completely in 42.8%, and leaves about 535 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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___O J in the 1st position and O in the 5th position J__B_ J in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

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TIARE SOLER STANE RAILE SILER TRUCE
Words starting with J Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.15 Entropy (bits)
535 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
77.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JUMBO 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JUMBO ranks #14,423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
608
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
476
6 guesses
28

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
13%
All gray
43%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
G U M B O
J U M B O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches JUMBO in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1010
404
152
126
119
112
58
52
49
34
24
21
20
17
14
13
12
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JUMBO:

43% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
17% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
6% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.8% →
TIARE 6.17 bits
17.1% →
SOLER 5.16 bits
6.4% →
STANE 5.30 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
4.7% →
SILER 4.73 bits
2.5% →
TRUCE 4.32 bits
2.2% →
BLATE 4.41 bits
2.1% →
ROATE 4.36 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8U1M3B3O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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