5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KIBES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of kibe

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 KIBES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIBES 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,930 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S K in the 1st position and S in the 5th position K__E_ K in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLART TRAIN SOLAR SALTY
Words starting with K Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIBES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,930 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIBES ranks #9,930 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
325
195
180
170
140
90
84
66
55
50
46
41
35
31
29
26
22
22
19
18
17
16
15
13
13
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIBES:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
TALON 5.69 bits
13.8% →
LEARE 5.55 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.33 bits
7.6% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
7.2% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.00 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 3.73 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.22 bits
2.8% →
BARON 4.88 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1B3E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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