5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GABBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of gabber.

Noun

friend

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 GABBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GABBA 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 53.7% of games, misses completely in 46.3%, and leaves about 613 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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.

G___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE NOIRE LOURE DROLE
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.92 Entropy (bits)
613 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GABBA 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GABBA ranks #14,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
557
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
486
6 guesses
34
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
22%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1092
417
212
105
103
72
45
30
30
29
25
19
18
17
15
14
14
11
11
9
8
7
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GABBA:

46% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.3% →
TOILE 5.93 bits
17.7% →
SLATE 5.56 bits
9.0% →
TORSE 4.87 bits
4.5% →
NOIRE 4.90 bits
4.4% →
TOILE 5.02 bits
3.1% →
LOURE 5.04 bits
1.9% →
DROLE 4.67 bits
1.3% →
MOILE 4.24 bits
1.3% →
TRINE 4.05 bits
1.2% →
ALINE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1B3B3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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