5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SIBIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any timaliid bird of the genus Heterophasia.

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 SIBIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIBIA 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CARLE TRONE RONTE THALE ROUTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIBIA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIBIA ranks #12,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
450
156
150
121
119
100
80
73
59
57
56
45
43
38
20
20
19
17
16
13
13
12
12
12
11
10
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIBIA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TONER 5.91 bits
19.1% →
CARLE 5.54 bits
6.6% →
TONER 5.01 bits
6.4% →
TRONE 5.25 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.69 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.51 bits
4.2% →
ROUTE 5.26 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1B3I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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