5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KIMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Archaic form of akimbo (“with hands on hips and elbows outward”).

Verb

To position (the arms) akimbo.

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 KIMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KIMBO 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 349 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,960 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

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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 5th position K__B_ K in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRONE TRINE SATED TALER CARLE
Words starting with K Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
349 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KIMBO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,960 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KIMBO ranks #10,960 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
725
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
15%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
389
273
141
107
101
96
49
48
48
33
30
28
28
26
22
15
13
13
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KIMBO:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
16.5% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
11.6% →
TRINE 5.54 bits
6.0% →
SATED 4.50 bits
4.5% →
TALER 5.41 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
4.1% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
2.1% →
MARLE 4.50 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.42 bits
2.0% →
POINT 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5I1M3B3O1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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