5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NUBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /nʌbi/

Adjective

Knobbly; covered with small knobs.

Adjective

Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.

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 NUBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUBBY 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 56.7% of games, misses completely in 43.3%, and leaves about 531 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,504 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.

N___Y N in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position N__B_ N 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

TIARE SALET STOLE OLATE STIRE STONE
Words starting with N Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.16 Entropy (bits)
531 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUBBY 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
0.69 Volatility
#13,504 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUBBY ranks #13,504 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,357
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
25%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1021
322
222
162
101
89
70
45
44
30
29
29
22
18
17
15
13
10
9
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUBBY:

43% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.3% →
TIARE 6.22 bits
13.6% →
TIARE 5.60 bits
9.4% →
SALET 4.93 bits
6.9% →
STOLE 5.32 bits
4.3% →
OLATE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
STIRE 4.88 bits
3.0% →
STONE 4.14 bits
1.9% →
SLIME 3.00 bits
1.9% →
DAINE 3.88 bits
1.3% →
PLORE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1B3B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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