5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TSUBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A Japanese unit of areal measure, roughly 3.3 m² or 35.5 ft², equivalent to the area of two rectangular tatami mats placed side-by-side to form a square.

Noun

A pressure point in the traditions of shiatsu, acupressure, and acupuncture.

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 TSUBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TSUBO 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 229 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,449 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

T___O T in the 1st position and O in the 5th position T__B_ T in the 1st position and B in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE CARLE PARLE REACT MARLE LEARE
Words starting with T Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
229 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TSUBO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,449 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TSUBO ranks #6,449 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
17%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
272
218
171
113
106
92
85
78
52
42
41
38
36
30
27
27
27
20
20
20
17
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13
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11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TSUBO:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
11.5% →
CARLE 5.30 bits
9.2% →
PARLE 5.53 bits
7.2% →
REACT 5.36 bits
4.8% →
MARLE 4.61 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 4.67 bits
3.9% →
LEARE 5.25 bits
3.6% →
PLORE 4.52 bits
3.3% →
RAINE 5.03 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1S1U1B3O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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