Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

TUBAL

TUBAL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːbəl//ˈtubəl/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 TUBAL performs as a guess

TUBAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUBAL 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUBAL ranks #2,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
A P T L Y
T U B A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches TUBAL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
293
173
145
115
111
91
79
65
49
47
45
41
36
35
33
31
29
28
24
24
23
23
18
17
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUBAL:

20% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7%
NOIRE 6.05 bits
12.4%
SACRE 5.32 bits
7.3%
SHIER 5.50 bits
6.1%
SIDEY 5.01 bits
4.9%
SPALE 4.74 bits
4.7%
CARSE 5.02 bits
3.9%
SNORE 5.32 bits
3.3%
SPIER 4.26 bits
2.8%
NOIRE 4.95 bits
2.1%
CANER 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1B3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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