5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUBSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 PUBSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUBSY 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 347 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,645 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__S_ P in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER TRONE ALONE ROATE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
347 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% 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 PUBSY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,645 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUBSY ranks #8,645 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
267
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)
65%
Green tile
33%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

816
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94
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63
48
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUBSY:

35% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
9.7% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
7.6% →
TALER 4.88 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
4.8% →
ALONE 5.40 bits
4.0% →
ROATE 5.12 bits
3.2% →
LATER 4.70 bits
3.1% →
CLINE 5.13 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1B3S1Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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