5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌbi//ˈpʊbi/

Adjective

Who enjoys frequenting public houses.

Adjective

Resembling a pub.

Noun

Alternative spelling of pubbie.

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 PUBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUBBY 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 51.7% of games, misses completely in 48.3%, and leaves about 613 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,233 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__B_ P 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 TALER STONE TARSE IRATE GRACE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
613 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUBBY 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,233 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUBBY ranks #14,233 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
591
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
410
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
28%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1139
226
193
138
127
96
87
42
37
33
26
25
24
21
18
13
12
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUBBY:

48% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.3% →
TIARE 6.22 bits
9.6% →
TALER 4.86 bits
8.2% →
STONE 5.31 bits
5.9% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
5.4% →
IRATE 5.37 bits
4.1% →
GRACE 4.58 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.25 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.22 bits
1.6% →
RAILE 4.63 bits
1.4% →
TASER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1B3B3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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