5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PROBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of probie.

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 PROBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PROBY 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,625 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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 _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SETAE CONTE SAINT CADET SORER
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PROBY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,625 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PROBY ranks #4,625 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
8
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
37%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
248
174
150
122
106
91
91
80
48
48
38
37
31
30
28
26
23
22
20
19
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15
14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PROBY:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SETAE
7% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLANE 6.31 bits
10.5% →
SETAE 5.41 bits
7.4% →
CONTE 5.22 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 4.91 bits
5.2% →
CADET 5.14 bits
4.5% →
SORER 4.37 bits
3.9% →
BLATE 5.39 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.99 bits
3.4% →
STALE 5.31 bits
2.0% →
TARRE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3R1O1B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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