5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUBBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbə/

Noun

Brother; used as term of familiar address.

Noun

A working-class white male from the southern US, stereotyped as loutish.

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 BUBBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUBBA 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 60.3% of games, misses completely in 39.7%, and leaves about 607 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,815 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.07 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE STONE SOCLE TONER SLANE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.67 Entropy (bits)
607 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.3% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUBBA 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.

4.07 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,815 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUBBA ranks #14,815 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
446
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
563
6 guesses
53
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
20%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

40 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

936
694
197
136
75
59
54
42
22
20
17
15
13
11
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUBBA:

40% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.7% →
SIREN 5.96 bits
29.4% →
TARSE 5.46 bits
8.4% →
STONE 5.34 bits
5.8% →
SOCLE 4.33 bits
3.2% →
TONER 4.79 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 4.46 bits
2.3% →
MOIRE 4.58 bits
1.8% →
SAULT 4.36 bits
0.9% →
STAIR 3.73 bits
0.8% →
SONLY 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1B3B3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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