5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TUBED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Possessing a tube or tubes.

Verb

simple past and past participle of tube

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 TUBED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUBED 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,798 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D T in the 1st position and D in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SNARE HOIST SONAR SLART SLUNG
Words starting with T Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUBED 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,798 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUBED ranks #3,798 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
9
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

480
318
189
161
116
77
76
73
67
56
54
45
42
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26
19
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUBED:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
8% chance
Suggested:
HOIST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
13.5% →
SNARE 5.41 bits
8.0% →
HOIST 5.28 bits
6.8% →
SONAR 4.69 bits
4.9% →
SLART 5.23 bits
3.3% →
SLUNG 4.92 bits
3.2% →
SNARY 4.10 bits
3.1% →
DAILY 4.90 bits
2.8% →
DEARE 4.70 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1B3E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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