5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

URBEX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɜɹbeks/

Noun

The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration.

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 URBEX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URBEX 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,465 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___X U in the 1st position and X in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TALON SLANT SONLY COAST ROAST TEASE
Words starting with U Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URBEX 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URBEX ranks #12,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
24
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

552
366
195
187
133
117
108
102
68
62
54
48
41
25
22
21
21
19
12
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URBEX:

23% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
TALON 5.78 bits
15.5% →
SLANT 5.73 bits
8.3% →
SONLY 4.90 bits
7.9% →
COAST 5.23 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 3.59 bits
5.0% →
TEASE 4.60 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.34 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
SAULT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1B3E1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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