5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LOOBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.

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 LOOBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOOBY 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 64.6% of games, misses completely in 35.4%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,322 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

L___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__B_ L 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

TIARE RAISE SAINT CRUET CATER CRATE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
378 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOBY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,322 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOBY ranks #12,322 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
340
6 guesses
26
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
37%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

834
305
194
125
114
113
95
55
54
49
42
33
31
25
21
19
17
14
12
12
12
11
9
9
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOBY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.4% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
12.9% →
RAISE 5.32 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 4.87 bits
5.3% →
CRUET 5.01 bits
4.8% →
CATER 5.33 bits
4.8% →
CRATE 4.89 bits
4.0% →
IRATE 5.47 bits
2.3% →
SAUTE 4.39 bits
2.3% →
SALUE 4.13 bits
2.1% →
TIARE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1B3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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