5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SYBOE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A spring onion or green onion.

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 SYBOE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYBOE 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,041 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.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER ARIEL TONAL DAILY SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYBOE 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
#9,041 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYBOE ranks #9,041 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
792
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
23
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

323
302
189
187
142
126
67
65
65
60
57
57
53
51
38
37
36
35
34
32
31
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25
20
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYBOE:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
TRAIL 6.08 bits
12.8% →
ALTER 5.40 bits
8.0% →
ARIEL 4.33 bits
7.9% →
TONAL 5.19 bits
6.0% →
DAILY 4.33 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
2.8% →
MOWER 3.96 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.41 bits
2.8% →
PATER 4.18 bits
2.5% →
LEARE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4B3O1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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