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CUBIC

Yes, CUBIC was the Wordle answer on January 21, 2026 (Wordle #1677).

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.bɪk//ˈkju.bɪk/

Adjective

Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

“cubic foot”

Adjective

Relating to polynomials of the form ax³+bx²+cx+d.

Noun

A cubic curve.

Alternative forms: cubick

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 21, 2026 (#1677).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How CUBIC performs as a guess

CUBIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 61.8% of games, misses completely in 38.2%, and leaves about 436 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___C C in the 1st position and C in the 5th position C__I_ C in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE STONE REACT MORSE SOARE
Words starting with C Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
436 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUBIC 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUBIC ranks #13,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
682
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
38
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
2 vowels
Common:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
24%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C H U M P
C U B I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CUBIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

900
355
165
119
108
108
107
90
39
29
27
23
23
22
21
19
18
16
15
15
13
11
11
9
7
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUBIC:

38% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.2% →
TARSE 6.29 bits
15.1% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
7.0% →
STONE 5.19 bits
5.0% →
REACT 5.43 bits
4.6% →
MORSE 4.44 bits
4.6% →
SOARE 5.16 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 5.16 bits
3.8% →
TALER 5.01 bits
1.7% →
STIPE 4.24 bits
1.2% →
TRINE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1B3I1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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