5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUSBY

BUSBY 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: /ˈbʌz.bi/

Noun

A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.

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 BUSBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUSBY 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 59.4% of games, misses completely in 40.6%, and leaves about 491 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,202 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER TRONE LIANE LATER
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.26 Entropy (bits)
491 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUSBY 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,202 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUSBY ranks #14,202 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
436
6 guesses
30
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
29%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

958
374
212
156
98
84
72
44
43
40
36
32
22
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12
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUSBY:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.6% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
15.9% →
TIARE 5.51 bits
9.0% →
TALER 4.85 bits
6.6% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
LATER 4.74 bits
3.1% →
SHUNT 4.32 bits
1.9% →
SLANT 4.14 bits
1.8% →
TALER 4.94 bits
1.7% →
ALONE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1S1B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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