5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FLYBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪˌbaɪ/

Noun

A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.

“The upcoming flyby of Halley's comet is expected to provide new information on the nature of the comet.”

Noun

A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade.

Alternative forms: fly-by

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 FLYBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLYBY 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 52.3% of games, misses completely in 47.7%, and leaves about 616 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,327 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 _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE ROATE SARED IRATE SPACE SALLE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.95 Entropy (bits)
616 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLYBY 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
#14,327 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLYBY ranks #14,327 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
573
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
419
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
0 vowels
Common:
L

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
29%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1125
299
225
139
114
62
57
50
35
34
34
20
18
18
17
12
11
9
8
8
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5
5
5
5
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3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLYBY:

48% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

47.7% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
12.7% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
9.5% →
SARED 4.96 bits
5.9% →
IRATE 5.58 bits
4.8% →
SPACE 5.17 bits
2.6% →
SALLE 4.28 bits
2.4% →
IRATE 4.94 bits
2.1% →
STAIR 4.84 bits
1.5% →
ATONE 3.92 bits
1.4% →
BELIE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1Y4B3Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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