5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SYBOW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of sybo.

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 SYBOW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYBOW 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,272 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___W S in the 1st position and W in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE CRATE LEANT URATE TALER WRITE
Words starting with S Words ending with W

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYBOW 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,272 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYBOW ranks #10,272 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
753
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
16
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
24%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
271
223
192
115
94
71
67
53
51
50
36
36
35
34
34
22
21
21
17
15
13
12
11
9
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYBOW:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
11.5% →
CRATE 5.40 bits
9.5% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
8.1% →
RAILE 4.97 bits
4.9% →
URATE 5.26 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
3.0% →
TALER 4.79 bits
2.8% →
WRITE 5.13 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 3.99 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4B3O1W4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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