5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PHUBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of phub

Noun

plural of phub

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 PHUBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PHUBS 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 63.8% of games, misses completely in 36.2%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

P___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__B_ P in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE BLARE LATER CARTE RAINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
378 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PHUBS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,897 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PHUBS ranks #7,897 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
21%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

854
271
146
140
112
83
77
67
62
62
53
42
33
31
30
18
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PHUBS:

36% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
BLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.2% →
ARIEL 6.14 bits
11.5% →
TIARE 5.72 bits
6.2% →
BLARE 5.51 bits
5.9% →
LATER 4.97 bits
4.7% →
CARTE 5.48 bits
3.5% →
RAINE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 5.35 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
2.6% →
TRICE 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3H4U1B3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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