5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BLUBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blʌbz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of blub

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 BLUBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUBS 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 64.2% of games, misses completely in 35.8%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,996 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

B___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE CRANE IRATE SALLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUBS 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,996 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUBS ranks #12,996 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
22%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

844
353
266
136
100
73
72
68
53
42
38
32
29
23
19
16
14
14
13
12
12
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10
7
7
7
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5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUBS:

36% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
TIARE 6.17 bits
15.0% →
TIARE 5.75 bits
11.3% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 4.91 bits
4.2% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.1% →
IRATE 5.25 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.74 bits
2.9% →
TRONE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
STAGE 4.27 bits
1.8% →
ARIEL 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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