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KEBAB

Yes, KEBAB was the Wordle answer on October 5, 2021 (Wordle #108).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kəˈbæb//kɪˈbæb//kɪˈbɑːb/

Noun

A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Noun

A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.

Verb

To roast in the style of a kebab.

Verb

To stab or skewer.

Alternative forms: kabaab, kabob, kebap, kabab

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: October 5, 2021 (#108).

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

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How KEBAB performs as a guess

KEBAB is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 315 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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.

K__A_ K in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIREE SLART TARSE RONTE SORAL
Words starting with K Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
315 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KEBAB 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEBAB ranks #14,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
580
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
415
6 guesses
30
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
19%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
S E P I A
K E B A B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches KEBAB in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
461
365
200
134
82
72
59
43
41
36
31
31
23
22
21
21
16
12
10
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEBAB:

24% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
20% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
HOIST 5.77 bits
19.6% →
SIREE 5.35 bits
15.5% →
SLART 5.15 bits
8.5% →
TARSE 4.65 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 4.42 bits
3.5% →
SORAL 4.44 bits
3.1% →
SLICK 4.64 bits
2.5% →
BLUNT 4.48 bits
1.8% →
SLART 4.16 bits
1.7% →
CLARY 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1B3A1B3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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