5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FORBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fəˈbʌɪ/

Adjective

Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

“He's a forbye man.”

Adverb

Past; by; beyond.

Adverb

Uncommonly; exceptionally.

“He was forby kind.”

Preposition

Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

Alternative forms: foreby, forbye

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 FORBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FORBY 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE STILE SAINT CLINE TRACE
Words starting with F Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FORBY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,484 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FORBY ranks #8,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
34%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

666
329
175
170
116
108
93
69
50
44
44
39
34
27
27
24
24
22
20
19
17
15
14
14
13
12
12
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FORBY:

28% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
7% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
SLANE 6.33 bits
13.9% →
SAICE 5.37 bits
7.4% →
STILE 5.14 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 4.90 bits
4.9% →
CLINE 4.81 bits
4.6% →
TRACE 4.35 bits
3.9% →
BLATE 5.37 bits
2.9% →
SAUCE 5.02 bits
2.1% →
LIANE 4.75 bits
1.9% →
LEANT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4O1R1B3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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