5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

URUBU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈjuɹubu//ˈjuɹʊbʊ//u.ɹuˈbu/

Noun

A New World vulture (a vulture from South America).

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 URUBU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts URUBU 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 55.6% of games, misses completely in 44.4%, and leaves about 588 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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TOILE SALET COATE SONLY ALINE SLANT
Words starting with U Words ending with U

First-turn measures

2.81 Entropy (bits)
588 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.1% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How URUBU 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, URUBU ranks #14,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
518
4 guesses
1,319
5 guesses
462
6 guesses
32
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
20%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

35 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1047
441
196
149
121
108
63
35
33
28
24
19
14
12
10
9
7
7
5
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing URUBU:

44% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
19% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.4% →
TOILE 6.02 bits
18.7% →
SALET 5.32 bits
8.3% →
COATE 5.03 bits
6.3% →
SONLY 4.41 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
2.7% →
SURER 4.61 bits
1.5% →
REBAR 4.34 bits
1.4% →
ANISE 4.13 bits
1.2% →
STILE 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1R1U1B3U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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