5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FORBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of forb

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 FORBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FORBS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,112 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__B_ F in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE CADET ALINE BLATE DAINE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORBS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORBS ranks #7,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
25%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
297
294
126
122
93
93
74
67
64
54
42
41
32
31
25
24
24
22
18
18
15
15
13
11
11
11
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORBS:

23% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
LIANE 6.21 bits
12.6% →
STALE 5.68 bits
12.5% →
CADET 5.49 bits
5.3% →
CADET 4.42 bits
5.2% →
ALINE 5.46 bits
3.9% →
BLATE 5.36 bits
3.9% →
DAINE 4.38 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.90 bits
2.8% →
CAGEY 4.59 bits
2.7% →
CLOTE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1B3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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