5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YABBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjæb.i/

Noun

Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.

Noun

A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait; a nipper.

Verb

To search, forage, or fish for yabbies.

Verb

To show disrespect by denouncing or insulting; to diss.

Alternative forms: yabbie

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 YABBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YABBY 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 56.8% of games, misses completely in 43.2%, and leaves about 587 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,763 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 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.

Y___Y Y in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE TOILE RONTE SLART TRADE
Words starting with Y Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.77 Entropy (bits)
587 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.1% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YABBY 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,763 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YABBY ranks #14,763 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
456
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
524
6 guesses
40
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
28%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1019
494
210
192
98
70
47
47
30
24
19
19
12
10
8
8
7
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YABBY:

43% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.2% →
TOISE 6.07 bits
20.9% →
SLATE 5.49 bits
8.9% →
TOILE 4.49 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
3.0% →
SLART 3.41 bits
2.0% →
SLART 4.25 bits
2.0% →
TRADE 4.54 bits
1.3% →
CLONE 4.39 bits
1.0% →
ROUTE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4A1B3B3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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