5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NABBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈnæ.bɪ//ˈna.bɪ//ˈna.bi/

Noun

A skiff used for fishing.

Alternative forms: nabbie, naby

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 NABBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NABBY 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,756 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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.

N___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__B_ N in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLART SIDLE CLOTE GLARE ROUET
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NABBY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,756 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NABBY ranks #12,756 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
669
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
29%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

747
384
257
178
141
108
74
54
45
41
41
31
24
21
20
16
15
15
13
11
11
9
8
8
8
6
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NABBY:

32% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
TOISE 6.12 bits
16.3% →
SLART 5.59 bits
10.9% →
TOISE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
SIDLE 4.61 bits
6.0% →
CLOTE 4.70 bits
4.6% →
GLARE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 5.10 bits
2.3% →
SLART 3.54 bits
1.9% →
TOILE 4.01 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1A1B3B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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