5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUBAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of buba

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 BUBAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUBAS 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,832 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CARLE TRIPE THALE TRONE CLOTE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUBAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUBAS ranks #12,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
663
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
24%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
443
264
162
129
106
100
67
59
36
33
32
28
17
16
15
15
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUBAS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TOILE 5.91 bits
18.8% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
11.2% →
TRIPE 5.43 bits
6.9% →
THALE 4.86 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
4.5% →
CLOTE 4.79 bits
4.2% →
PRICE 4.29 bits
2.8% →
TONER 4.82 bits
2.5% →
SHUNT 4.33 bits
1.5% →
DROLE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1B3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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