5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOBBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GOBBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOBBE 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,257 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR ARSON SLART SLANT TENOR
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOBBE 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,257 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOBBE ranks #13,257 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
671
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
365
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
34%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
433
231
203
152
66
60
57
46
46
44
37
36
25
22
22
21
21
19
17
17
16
15
12
12
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOBBE:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SAINT 5.94 bits
18.4% →
STAIR 5.27 bits
9.8% →
STAIR 5.09 bits
8.6% →
ARSON 5.08 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.69 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.03 bits
2.0% →
TENOR 4.35 bits
2.0% →
MOWER 3.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1B3B3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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