5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

SQUIB

SQUIB is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skwɪb/

Noun

A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

“English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.”

Noun

A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

Verb

To make a sound like a small explosion.

“A Snider squibbed in the jungle.”

Verb

To dodge something difficult, to bottle.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SQUIB performs as a guess

SQUIB is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 367 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___B S in the 1st position and B in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE PLATE BLAER MARLE PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
367 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SQUIB 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SQUIB ranks #13,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
695
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
22
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:
ISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S Q U I B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SQUIB in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
312
220
130
130
123
99
93
69
40
35
32
31
30
25
18
17
17
17
16
13
13
10
7
7
5
5
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SQUIB:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
ROATE 5.99 bits
13.2% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
9.3% →
PLATE 5.36 bits
5.5% →
BLAER 5.45 bits
5.5% →
MARLE 4.70 bits
5.2% →
PRATE 5.49 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.97 bits
3.9% →
CLOTE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.06 bits
1.7% →
ROAST 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Q10U1I1B3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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