5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

KOMBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A minivan.

Noun

A minibus (sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi).

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 KOMBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KOMBI 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,668 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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 _O__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SNORT TALER CARLE SLANE
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KOMBI 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#11,668 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KOMBI ranks #11,668 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,334
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
13
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
16%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
406
238
173
107
101
96
49
45
43
34
33
28
28
26
24
20
20
11
11
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KOMBI:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
SNORT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
17.2% →
TRINE 5.49 bits
10.1% →
SNORT 5.23 bits
7.3% →
TALER 4.64 bits
4.5% →
TALER 5.41 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 5.42 bits
4.1% →
SLANE 5.12 bits
2.1% →
RIONE 4.06 bits
1.9% →
CARSE 4.61 bits
1.8% →
CARLE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5O1M3B3I1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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