5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUBRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːbɹə/

Noun

A female Aboriginal Australian.

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 LUBRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUBRA 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,493 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

L___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE CASTE STILE STANE STONE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUBRA 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUBRA ranks #5,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
15
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
265
253
167
163
159
86
75
57
54
47
37
31
29
29
28
28
27
27
26
25
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25
20
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12
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUBRA:

16% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SIENT 6.15 bits
11.2% →
TOISE 5.30 bits
10.7% →
SIENT 5.39 bits
7.1% →
CASTE 4.87 bits
6.9% →
STILE 5.15 bits
6.7% →
STANE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
STONE 5.17 bits
3.2% →
STIME 4.26 bits
2.4% →
STONE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
SIENT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1B3R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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