5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIBBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 64.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of kibbeh.

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 KIBBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIBBI 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 43.1% of games, misses completely in 56.9%, and leaves about 847 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,830 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.09 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___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__B_ K in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE RONTE OLATE CRANE CATER
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

2.32 Entropy (bits)
847 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
64.1% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIBBI 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.

4.09 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIBBI ranks #14,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
449
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
585
6 guesses
53
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

35 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1341
361
167
139
131
33
30
26
15
14
13
12
12
11
7
7
6
5
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIBBI:

57% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

56.9% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
15.3% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
5.9% →
OLATE 5.26 bits
5.6% →
CRANE 5.30 bits
1.4% →
CATER 4.66 bits
1.3% →
SLART 3.78 bits
1.1% →
SLANE 4.10 bits
0.6% →
MEALY 3.51 bits
0.6% →
LIVID 3.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1B3B3I1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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