5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHUBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% 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 SHUBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHUBA 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,898 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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 _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

LINER TRINE TRIPE TRIDE LEANT CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHUBA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,898 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHUBA ranks #7,898 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
245
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
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
435
150
134
94
86
77
75
69
58
58
49
46
43
33
27
27
24
22
21
20
19
17
17
13
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHUBA:

22% chance
Suggested:
LINER
18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
LINER 5.94 bits
18.4% →
TRINE 5.48 bits
6.4% →
TRIPE 5.11 bits
5.7% →
TRIDE 4.83 bits
4.0% →
LEANT 4.67 bits
3.6% →
CONTE 5.13 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 5.06 bits
3.2% →
TROPE 5.27 bits
2.9% →
BLORE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4U1B3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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