5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUBBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊbə//ˈbʌ-//-bi/

Noun

A grandmother.

Noun

An elderly woman.

Alternative forms: bobbe, bobeh, bubbeh, bubbie

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 BUBBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUBBE 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 63.6% of games, misses completely in 36.4%, and leaves about 491 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,738 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.03 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER STAIR SNOUT SHALY ROANY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.01 Entropy (bits)
491 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUBBE 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.

4.03 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,738 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUBBE ranks #14,738 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
484
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
510
6 guesses
46

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
32%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

859
526
300
163
116
73
51
40
29
29
22
16
14
14
14
10
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUBBE:

36% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
22% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
13% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.4% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
22.3% →
ALTER 5.24 bits
12.7% →
STAIR 5.00 bits
6.9% →
SNOUT 5.15 bits
4.9% →
SHALY 4.19 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 4.73 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.18 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.13 bits
1.2% →
CATER 3.98 bits
1.2% →
GRISE 3.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1B3B3E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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