5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌbi//ˈhʊbi/

Noun

Husband.

“Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful hubby in the world.”

Adjective

Full of hubs or protuberances.

“A road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.”

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 HUBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUBBY 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 53.1% of games, misses completely in 46.9%, and leaves about 596 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,456 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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.

H___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__B_ H 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 SARED CRATE STONE ALONE STIRE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.03 Entropy (bits)
596 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUBBY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,456 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUBBY ranks #14,456 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
580
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
451
6 guesses
34

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
25%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1106
248
228
198
114
91
45
32
32
31
30
18
17
17
16
11
10
10
8
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUBBY:

47% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
SARED
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.9% →
ARIEL 6.13 bits
10.5% →
SARED 4.89 bits
9.7% →
CRATE 5.68 bits
8.4% →
STONE 5.29 bits
4.8% →
ALONE 5.36 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 4.90 bits
1.9% →
SAMEL 3.00 bits
1.4% →
RAILE 4.48 bits
1.4% →
LATER 4.54 bits
1.3% →
REATE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1B3B3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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