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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QIBLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪblə/[ˈqibla]

Noun

The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.

Alternative forms: qiblah, kiblah

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 QIBLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QIBLA 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,105 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

Q___A Q in the 1st position and A in the 5th position Q__L_ Q in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TRONE STRAE SOUCE RONTE
Words starting with Q Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QIBLA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QIBLA ranks #12,105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
19
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:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
426
218
165
140
131
71
62
56
54
49
42
33
26
25
23
23
19
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
8
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QIBLA:

25% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
TORSE 6.23 bits
18.1% →
TARSE 5.66 bits
9.2% →
TRONE 5.60 bits
7.0% →
STRAE 4.68 bits
5.9% →
SOUCE 5.12 bits
5.6% →
RONTE 4.64 bits
3.0% →
NADIR 4.64 bits
2.6% →
RUOTE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
SOLDE 4.18 bits
2.3% →
TRICE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10I1B3L1A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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