5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

EMBUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbʌs//ɪmˈbʌs/

Verb

to put (troops) onto a bus

Verb

to board or get on a bus

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 EMBUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts EMBUS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,779 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

E___S E in the 1st position and S in the 5th position E__U_ E in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ARIEL SLANT STRAE TRULY COMMA
Words starting with E Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How EMBUS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,779 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, EMBUS ranks #10,779 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
11%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
479
215
191
132
90
70
68
62
59
59
49
32
25
22
22
21
21
17
14
13
12
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing EMBUS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
20% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
20.3% →
ARIEL 5.21 bits
9.1% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
8.1% →
STRAE 4.81 bits
5.6% →
TRULY 4.64 bits
3.8% →
COMMA 4.93 bits
3.0% →
MEARE 4.64 bits
2.9% →
LAREE 4.60 bits
2.6% →
TRUCE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
STUNK 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

E1M3B3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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