5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KABOB

KABOB 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

Noun

US spelling of kebab.

Verb

US spelling of kebab.

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 KABOB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KABOB 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 373 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,101 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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.

K__O_ K in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__B A in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SILER SLATE TRONE TRINE SLICE MORAL
Words starting with K Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
373 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KABOB 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,101 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KABOB ranks #14,101 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
587
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
23
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
21%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
393
375
225
76
74
70
70
52
35
32
21
20
20
18
17
13
11
10
9
9
9
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6
5
5
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KABOB:

30% chance
Suggested:
SILER
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
SILER 5.94 bits
16.7% →
SLATE 5.60 bits
15.9% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
9.5% →
TRINE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
SLICE 4.99 bits
3.1% →
MORAL 4.42 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.26 bits
3.0% →
SLIER 4.84 bits
2.2% →
SNARE 4.17 bits
1.5% →
SLADE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5A1B3O1B3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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