5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SCUBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskuːbə/

Noun

An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

Verb

To perform scuba diving.

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 SCUBA performs as a guess

SCUBA 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

S___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__B_ S in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _C__A C in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED ALTER TRIPE TRICE CATER PURGE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCUBA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCUBA ranks #7,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
209
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A B Y S S
S C U B A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCUBA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
376
159
142
118
117
102
81
77
66
63
51
43
35
33
26
25
24
21
21
18
13
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCUBA:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TRIED 6.07 bits
15.9% →
ALTER 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TRIPE 5.14 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.35 bits
5.0% →
CATER 4.82 bits
5.0% →
PURGE 4.66 bits
4.3% →
LEANT 4.62 bits
3.4% →
TROPE 5.37 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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