5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

TUBBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌbi//ˈstʊbi/

Adjective

stout, rotund

Adjective

Resembling a tub

Noun

An overweight person.

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 TUBBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUBBY 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 60.6% of games, misses completely in 39.4%, and leaves about 460 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,662 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___Y T in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position T__B_ T in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SOARE SORAL SNORE ALINE RAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
460 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUBBY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,662 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUBBY ranks #13,662 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
29%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

930
332
217
151
104
102
81
65
44
42
37
26
25
23
16
16
15
15
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUBBY:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
14% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.4% →
RAISE 6.10 bits
14.1% →
SOARE 5.65 bits
9.2% →
SORAL 4.88 bits
6.4% →
SNORE 5.20 bits
4.4% →
ALINE 5.39 bits
4.3% →
RAINE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
SLIER 4.85 bits
2.8% →
SCONE 4.66 bits
1.9% →
SLIME 2.90 bits
1.8% →
SPIER 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1B3B3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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