5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CORBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of corbie (“type of bird”).

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 CORBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CORBY 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

SLATE TEASE SAINT SLANT LIANE TRONE
Words starting with C Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CORBY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CORBY ranks #4,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
36%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

569
298
172
147
112
100
84
78
62
58
47
44
42
40
33
28
25
24
22
20
19
19
18
18
18
15
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CORBY:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
SLATE 6.44 bits
12.6% →
TEASE 5.33 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 4.91 bits
6.2% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
4.7% →
LIANE 5.23 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 4.47 bits
3.6% →
TUILE 4.60 bits
3.3% →
BLITE 5.13 bits
2.6% →
MAILE 4.93 bits
2.5% →
SETAE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3O1R1B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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