5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GOBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒbi/

Adjective

Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).

Adjective

Inclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner.

Noun

An act of fellatio.

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 GOBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOBBY 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 56.6% of games, misses completely in 43.4%, and leaves about 525 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__B_ G 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

RAISE CRATE SLART CARET RAILE SLATE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.23 Entropy (bits)
525 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOBBY 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOBBY ranks #14,145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
620
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
434
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
31%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1023
282
229
165
103
100
63
49
33
31
30
22
21
19
18
18
17
15
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11
9
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5
5
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOBBY:

43% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.4% →
RAISE 6.11 bits
12.0% →
CRATE 5.32 bits
9.7% →
SLART 4.86 bits
7.0% →
CARET 4.89 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.23 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 5.34 bits
2.7% →
TRADE 4.95 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 3.75 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.62 bits
1.3% →
ALONE 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2O1B3B3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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