5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIBEI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan.

“Most kibei were not fluent in English because of their upbringing in Japan.”

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 KIBEI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIBEI 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 338 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,032 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SEARE SLANT SOLAR TARSE SALTY
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
338 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIBEI 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,032 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIBEI ranks #14,032 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
32

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
24%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
472
226
211
110
99
85
84
52
37
34
31
26
25
18
18
17
14
13
12
9
9
9
9
9
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIBEI:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
20% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
ROAST 5.95 bits
20.0% →
SEARE 5.56 bits
9.6% →
SLANT 5.40 bits
8.9% →
SOLAR 4.68 bits
4.7% →
TARSE 4.33 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.37 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.98 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.92 bits
2.2% →
BLARE 4.46 bits
1.6% →
RANSE 3.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1B3E1I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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