5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HERBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː.bi//ˈ(h)ɝ.bi/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to herbs.

Adjective

Full of herbal aroma or flavour.

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 HERBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERBY 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

H___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__B_ H in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT STAIR TRAIN SAULT COAST
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERBY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERBY ranks #7,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
238
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
346
235
203
180
125
72
59
55
45
44
41
33
33
32
29
24
23
23
20
20
17
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERBY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAINT 6.16 bits
14.7% →
SLANT 5.73 bits
10.0% →
STAIR 4.39 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
5.3% →
COAST 5.27 bits
3.1% →
DANSE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.75 bits
2.3% →
SAINT 4.74 bits
1.9% →
LATER 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1B3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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