5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUBEB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːbɛb/

Noun

A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

Noun

One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.

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 CUBEB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUBEB 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 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,945 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

C___B C in the 1st position and B in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR SLANT STAIR LAIRY
Words starting with C Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUBEB 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,945 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUBEB ranks #12,945 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
682
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

663
452
231
125
104
92
91
71
69
54
53
43
26
22
20
20
18
17
17
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
8
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUBEB:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
ROAST 5.99 bits
19.2% →
SLART 5.70 bits
9.8% →
SOLAR 4.65 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
4.4% →
STAIR 4.85 bits
3.9% →
LAIRY 4.71 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.28 bits
3.0% →
ROANY 4.78 bits
2.9% →
PEARE 4.79 bits
2.3% →
STAIR 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1B3E1B3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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