5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

KRUBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The plant Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum.

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 KRUBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts KRUBI 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,370 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

K___I K in the 1st position and I in the 5th position K__B_ K in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__I R in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SALET LEANT STADE SHALT ALOSE CHASE
Words starting with K Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How KRUBI 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,370 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, KRUBI ranks #9,370 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
339
316
120
117
104
90
82
68
64
53
43
31
28
24
22
19
17
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10
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing KRUBI:

25% chance
Suggested:
SALET
14% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SALET 6.27 bits
14.4% →
LEANT 5.28 bits
13.4% →
SALET 5.32 bits
5.1% →
STADE 4.86 bits
5.0% →
SALET 4.68 bits
4.4% →
SALET 4.59 bits
3.8% →
SHALT 4.85 bits
3.5% →
ALOSE 5.19 bits
2.9% →
CHASE 4.97 bits
2.7% →
SURER 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

K5R1U1B3I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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