5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SIBBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SIBBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIBBS 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 56.1% of games, misses completely in 43.9%, and leaves about 553 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,471 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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.

S___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__B_ S in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE CRANE PEART TONEY ALURE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.98 Entropy (bits)
553 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIBBS 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIBBS ranks #14,471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
562
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
441
6 guesses
29

Composition

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
28%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1036
304
266
153
138
126
75
31
27
23
18
18
16
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
5
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIBBS:

44% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
11% chance
Suggested:
PEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.9% →
ROATE 6.05 bits
12.9% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
11.3% →
PEART 5.32 bits
6.5% →
TONEY 4.47 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.50 bits
5.3% →
ALURE 5.31 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 4.27 bits
1.3% →
CATER 4.67 bits
1.1% →
TARSE 3.88 bits
1.0% →
CLINE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1B3B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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