5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLURB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A homogeneous sprawl of urban and suburban developments.

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 SLURB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLURB 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,048 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___B S in the 1st position and B in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__B L in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

CANOE CADET LADLE THANE THOSE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLURB 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,048 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLURB ranks #3,048 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
13
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:
LRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
354
200
153
88
86
82
67
60
57
53
53
52
42
42
40
34
34
31
29
25
24
23
21
20
16
15
15
14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLURB:

18% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
15% chance
Suggested:
CADET
8% chance
Suggested:
LADLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
CANOE 6.03 bits
15.0% →
CADET 5.45 bits
8.5% →
LADLE 5.19 bits
6.5% →
THANE 5.21 bits
3.7% →
THOSE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
CONTE 4.67 bits
3.5% →
ATONE 4.94 bits
2.8% →
COATE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
RIVAL 4.31 bits
2.4% →
BOITE 5.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1U1R1B3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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