5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

PUBIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpju.bɪs/

Noun

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

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 PUBIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUBIS 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,441 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__I_ P in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE THALE TRONE STILE TALER
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUBIS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,441 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUBIS ranks #6,441 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

678
266
253
120
100
89
84
79
65
57
56
55
31
31
28
27
20
18
17
16
16
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUBIS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
THALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
ROATE 6.01 bits
11.3% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
10.7% →
THALE 5.75 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
4.2% →
ROATE 5.17 bits
3.8% →
STILE 4.49 bits
3.6% →
TALER 4.88 bits
3.3% →
MORNE 4.27 bits
2.8% →
ROATE 5.18 bits
2.4% →
SPATE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1B3I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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