5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

PUBIC

PUBIC is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːbɪk/

Adjective

Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 PUBIC performs as a guess

PUBIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.9% of games, misses completely in 31.1%, and leaves about 315 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE CHARE STONE SERAL TARSE
Words starting with P Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
315 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUBIC 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUBIC ranks #8,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
23
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:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C H U M P
P U B I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PUBIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

734
300
212
138
105
102
88
72
64
53
42
28
28
27
27
21
21
20
20
20
17
15
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUBIC:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
CHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.1% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
12.7% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
9.0% →
CHARE 5.68 bits
5.9% →
STONE 5.16 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 5.17 bits
4.3% →
TARSE 5.44 bits
3.7% →
SATER 4.61 bits
3.1% →
TALER 4.89 bits
2.7% →
RANSE 5.11 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1B3I1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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