Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

SYBBE

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

No dictionary definition for SYBBE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SYBBE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SYBBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYBBE 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 277 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,239 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SYBBE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.82 Entropy (bits)
277 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SYBBE 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#14,239 Rank among openers
Opening with SYBBE left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.92 average. It ranks #14,239 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
572
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
390
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

SYBBE can come back 55 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

579 answers
388 answers
243 answers
206 answers
180 answers
88 answers
76 answers
71 answers
67 answers
66 answers
58 answers
43 answers
42 answers
37 answers
36 answers
32 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
16 answers
14 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
5 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4B3B3E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing SYBBE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SYBBE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYBBE:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIL 6.05 bits
16.3% →
ALTER 5.33 bits
10.2% →
ARIEL 4.24 bits
8.6% →
DAILY 4.42 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 4.62 bits
3.7% →
TRASH 4.75 bits
3.2% →
TIARE 3.50 bits
3.0% →
DEARE 4.37 bits
2.8% →
PATER 4.22 bits
2.8% →
BARON 4.78 bits

Research on SYBBE

Game-tree analysis and word research for SYBBE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SYBBE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.88 guesses and ranks #13,436 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.11 guesses at best and is rank #7,161 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.92; proven optimal play reaches 3.88. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).