5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

OUTBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative form of outbye.

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 OUTBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts OUTBY 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 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

O___Y O in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE CARNE SHARE PARLE SLANE SIREN
Words starting with O Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How OUTBY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, OUTBY ranks #9,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OTU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
290
267
150
108
94
90
73
65
53
45
44
41
40
32
28
22
21
19
18
17
17
14
12
11
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing OUTBY:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
11% chance
Suggested:
SHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
RAISE 6.05 bits
12.3% →
CARNE 5.46 bits
11.3% →
SHARE 5.72 bits
6.4% →
PARLE 4.93 bits
4.6% →
SLANE 5.13 bits
4.0% →
SIREN 4.66 bits
3.8% →
BLADE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
SLIER 4.85 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 3.98 bits
2.2% →
CARNE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

O1U1T1B3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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