5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNBAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar.

Verb

To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something).

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 UNBAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNBAR 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R U in the 1st position and R in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__R N in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE SOCLE HEART SOILY
Words starting with U Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% 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 UNBAR 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNBAR ranks #5,685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
225
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:
ANRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
281
213
154
149
142
91
85
65
60
47
45
44
43
37
35
33
27
25
24
21
21
20
20
17
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNBAR:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.65 bits
9.0% →
TOISE 5.48 bits
6.5% →
SOCLE 5.13 bits
6.3% →
TOISE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
HEART 4.66 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 4.52 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.80 bits
2.8% →
SOUCE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1B3A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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