5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUBUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 69.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bubu

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 BUBUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUBUS 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 48.7% of games, misses completely in 51.3%, and leaves about 730 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,754 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.

B___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRONE MARLE OLATE SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.62 Entropy (bits)
730 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
69.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUBUS 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
0.75 Volatility
#14,754 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUBUS ranks #14,754 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
500
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
553
6 guesses
42

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
49%
Green tile
21%
All gray
51%

Feedback distribution

44 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1210
455
119
117
115
54
41
37
34
21
20
17
16
15
10
8
8
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUBUS:

51% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
19% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
5% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.3% →
ARIEL 6.04 bits
19.3% →
TIARE 5.60 bits
5.0% →
TRONE 5.15 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.30 bits
4.9% →
OLATE 5.14 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
1.7% →
TRODE 4.51 bits
1.6% →
STARY 3.64 bits
1.4% →
TALER 4.65 bits
0.9% →
ADOBE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1B3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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