5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KEBOB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of kebab.

Verb

Alternative 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 KEBOB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KEBOB 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 355 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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 _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT RAISE COURT REATE TORSE SLANT
Words starting with K Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
355 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% 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 KEBOB 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KEBOB ranks #14,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
567
4 guesses
1,309
5 guesses
420
6 guesses
27
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
18%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
532
302
181
153
97
90
58
40
35
31
27
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
9
8
8
7
7
7
7
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KEBOB:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
23% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
13% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
22.6% →
RAISE 5.34 bits
12.8% →
COURT 4.99 bits
7.7% →
REATE 4.59 bits
6.5% →
TORSE 4.52 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 4.46 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
1.7% →
TRADE 4.57 bits
1.5% →
SLART 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5E1B3O1B3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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