5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FABBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

fabulous, excellent

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 FABBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FABBO 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 70.3% of games, misses completely in 29.7%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,927 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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.

F___O F in the 1st position and O in the 5th position F__B_ F in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SLATE TRONE TRINE MOLAR SLIER
Words starting with F Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.43 Entropy (bits)
378 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FABBO 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,927 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FABBO ranks #13,927 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
611
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
23%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

700
411
399
220
85
75
62
39
37
35
33
29
22
21
20
16
15
13
12
10
10
10
9
7
5
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FABBO:

30% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.7% →
SIREN 5.95 bits
17.4% →
SLATE 5.56 bits
16.9% →
TRONE 5.24 bits
9.3% →
TRINE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
MOLAR 4.29 bits
3.2% →
SLIER 4.91 bits
2.6% →
SILER 4.85 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 4.38 bits
1.6% →
ROOSE 4.35 bits
1.5% →
SHITE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1B3B3O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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