5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STUBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of stub

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stub

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 STUBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STUBS 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 63.1% of games, misses completely in 36.9%, and leaves about 411 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,510 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__B_ S in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT PLANE MARLE ARIEL PROLE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
411 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STUBS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#11,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STUBS ranks #11,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,323
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
24%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

871
330
196
136
134
82
61
57
55
47
45
36
31
22
19
19
17
16
15
14
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STUBS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
14.0% →
TREAT 5.65 bits
8.3% →
PLANE 5.29 bits
5.8% →
MARLE 4.69 bits
5.7% →
ARIEL 5.46 bits
3.5% →
PROLE 5.12 bits
2.6% →
CLONE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
AROSE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
RAIKE 4.37 bits
2.0% →
ALONE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1B3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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