Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

URBIA

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

No dictionary definition for URBIA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use URBIA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How URBIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URBIA 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,326 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe URBIA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.65 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How URBIA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#7,326 Rank among openers
Opening with URBIA left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,326 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
23%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

URBIA can come back 93 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

363 answers
294 answers
240 answers
174 answers
164 answers
159 answers
70 answers
69 answers
65 answers
64 answers
48 answers
47 answers
45 answers
43 answers
42 answers
37 answers
34 answers
28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
24 answers
19 answers
17 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1B3I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing URBIA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to URBIA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URBIA:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
12.3% →
STOLE 5.70 bits
10.1% →
SIENT 5.27 bits
7.3% →
SONLY 4.95 bits
6.9% →
SORER 4.78 bits
6.7% →
SALET 4.64 bits
2.9% →
CONTE 4.32 bits
2.9% →
RISEN 4.33 bits
2.7% →
SURER 4.75 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.21 bits

Research on URBIA

Game-tree analysis and word research for URBIA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with URBIA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.75 guesses and ranks #8,069 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.88 guesses at best and is rank #3,677 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.75, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).