5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SUBAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Suba

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 SUBAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUBAS 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,527 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CARLE TRIPE TRONE CLOTE PRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUBAS 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
0.72 Volatility
#11,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUBAS ranks #11,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
32%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
443
180
129
106
100
91
77
77
60
48
38
33
24
21
20
20
19
18
15
15
13
10
10
9
8
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUBAS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TOILE 5.91 bits
18.8% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
7.6% →
TRIPE 5.09 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
4.5% →
CLOTE 4.79 bits
4.2% →
PRICE 4.29 bits
3.9% →
LEANT 4.35 bits
3.3% →
TONER 4.92 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 5.22 bits
2.5% →
PRATE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1B3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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