5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UBACS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of ubac

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 UBACS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UBACS 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,735 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

U___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TALER STIPE DROLE TRIDE NOIRE
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UBACS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,735 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UBACS ranks #6,735 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
15
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
303
232
148
116
88
86
84
80
76
72
57
48
39
38
34
24
23
21
21
20
17
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14
11
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UBACS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TRIED 6.07 bits
12.8% →
TALER 5.50 bits
9.8% →
STIPE 5.47 bits
6.3% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
4.9% →
TRIDE 5.07 bits
3.7% →
NOIRE 5.22 bits
3.6% →
DROLE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.71 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.21 bits
3.2% →
SHUNT 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1B3A1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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