5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOMBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

capacious

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 WOMBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOMBY 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 60.4% of games, misses completely in 39.6%, and leaves about 445 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

W___Y W in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position W__B_ W 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

RAISE SATER SLART RAILE CRUET CARSE
Words starting with W Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
445 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOMBY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#12,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOMBY ranks #12,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
720
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
30%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

935
256
207
137
135
121
53
49
37
32
31
29
29
28
27
25
19
19
18
13
10
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOMBY:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.6% →
RAISE 6.15 bits
10.9% →
SATER 5.34 bits
8.8% →
SLART 4.92 bits
5.8% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
5.7% →
CRUET 4.95 bits
5.1% →
CARSE 5.51 bits
2.2% →
SANER 4.85 bits
2.1% →
TRICE 4.96 bits
1.6% →
FALSE 3.58 bits
1.4% →
BARON 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1M3B3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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