5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

REDUB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈdʌb/

Verb

To give another name or title to; to dub again.

Verb

To dub (video material) again; to provide with a new soundtrack.

Noun

A video re-edited in any way an editor wants.

Noun

A remedy or improvement

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 REDUB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts REDUB 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,776 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

R__U_ R in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST SHALT DAILY SAULT AINEE
Words starting with R Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How REDUB 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,776 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, REDUB ranks #4,776 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
15
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
19%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
312
222
205
146
84
63
59
52
43
42
42
41
34
32
27
27
25
25
24
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing REDUB:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SLANT 5.98 bits
13.2% →
SLANT 5.84 bits
9.4% →
COAST 5.55 bits
8.7% →
COAST 4.81 bits
6.2% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.77 bits
2.7% →
DAILY 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.60 bits
1.8% →
AINEE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1E1D2U1B3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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