5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUSSU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 70.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The palm tree Manicaria saccifera.

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 BUSSU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUSSU 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 692 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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___U B in the 1st position and U in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__U U in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PLATE TRONE OLATE MARLE ROATE
Words starting with B Words ending with U

First-turn measures

2.79 Entropy (bits)
692 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
70.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUSSU 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUSSU ranks #14,643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
542
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
490
6 guesses
40
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
49%
Green tile
23%
All gray
51%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1210
307
160
119
117
92
63
55
39
24
17
15
13
12
12
12
10
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8
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3
3
3
3
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUSSU:

51% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
7% 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
13.0% →
PLATE 5.39 bits
6.8% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
5.0% →
OLATE 5.12 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.30 bits
3.9% →
ROATE 5.22 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 5.15 bits
2.3% →
STUNK 4.07 bits
1.7% →
PATER 4.55 bits
1.0% →
SCALE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1S1S1U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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