5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

POBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒbi/

Adjective

pulpy, swollen.

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 POBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts POBBY 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 58.2% of games, misses completely in 41.8%, and leaves about 492 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,811 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__B_ P 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 CRATE SLART CRUET STARE SLATE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.29 Entropy (bits)
492 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How POBBY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,811 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, POBBY ranks #13,811 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
377
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
32%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

985
271
206
173
127
111
77
51
36
33
33
29
26
25
20
18
18
16
13
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing POBBY:

42% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.8% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
11.5% →
CRATE 5.28 bits
8.7% →
SLART 4.84 bits
7.3% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
5.4% →
STARE 5.63 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 5.34 bits
3.3% →
LIANE 5.17 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 3.79 bits
1.5% →
SPITE 3.96 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3O1B3B3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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