5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FABBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈfæb.i/

Adjective

fabulous, very good, 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 FABBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FABBY 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 61.5% of games, misses completely in 38.5%, and leaves about 477 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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___Y F in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position F__B_ F in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE SIDLE RONTE TOILE URITE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.24 Entropy (bits)
477 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FABBY 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FABBY ranks #14,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
571
4 guesses
1,304
5 guesses
421
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
32%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

908
450
192
179
95
75
66
47
43
36
31
24
22
20
19
18
16
12
9
9
9
9
8
6
5
4
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FABBY:

39% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
19% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIDLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
TOISE 6.10 bits
19.1% →
SLATE 5.52 bits
8.1% →
SIDLE 4.60 bits
7.6% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.0% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
3.2% →
URITE 5.05 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.46 bits
2.0% →
TRADE 4.54 bits
1.8% →
SLART 4.20 bits
1.5% →
TOISE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4A1B3B3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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