5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

COLBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊl.bi//ˈkoʊl.bi/

Proper noun

A placename:

Proper noun

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Noun

A soft, moist, mild American cheese similar to cheddar, made with a washed-curd process.

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 COLBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts COLBY 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,499 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

C___Y C in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position C__B_ C in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE TRONE SAINT TIARE RANSE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How COLBY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, COLBY ranks #5,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
210
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
1 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
35%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
256
198
170
119
108
82
77
46
45
37
35
33
32
31
29
28
26
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing COLBY:

27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TARSE 6.35 bits
10.9% →
RAISE 5.37 bits
8.4% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 4.96 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
4.6% →
RANSE 4.68 bits
3.5% →
IRATE 5.29 bits
3.3% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
2.0% →
SLATE 4.19 bits
1.9% →
IRATE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1L1B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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