5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

TUBES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /tuːbz//tjuːbz/

Noun

plural of tube

Noun

The Internet.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 TUBES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUBES 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,731 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__E_ T in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE RAINY SCALP LOATH PAIRE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUBES 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUBES ranks #3,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
11
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:
ESTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
283
163
148
118
110
88
82
69
61
57
52
48
45
37
34
32
32
32
31
19
18
18
16
16
14
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUBES:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
12.0% →
LEARE 5.44 bits
6.9% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
6.3% →
SCALP 4.97 bits
5.0% →
LOATH 4.77 bits
4.7% →
PAIRE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
3.5% →
LEARE 4.80 bits
2.9% →
CLARY 4.21 bits
2.6% →
CLONE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1B3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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