5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YOBBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 71.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjɒbəʊ/

Noun

A yob.

Alternative forms: yabbo

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 YOBBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YOBBO 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 49.6% of games, misses completely in 50.4%, and leaves about 682 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,776 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___O Y in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE CRATE CRUET SLATE SLADE CATER
Words starting with Y Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.74 Entropy (bits)
682 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
71.1% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YOBBO 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
0.76 Volatility
#14,776 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YOBBO ranks #14,776 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
490
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
552
6 guesses
50
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
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
17%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

47 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1188
290
252
167
115
51
39
34
29
25
25
23
19
11
10
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YOBBO:

50% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

50.4% →
RAISE 6.12 bits
12.3% →
RAISE 4.83 bits
10.7% →
CRATE 5.26 bits
7.1% →
CRUET 4.93 bits
4.9% →
SLATE 5.31 bits
2.2% →
SLADE 3.70 bits
1.7% →
CATER 4.56 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.62 bits
1.2% →
SLOOP 3.47 bits
1.1% →
TALER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4O1B3B3O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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