5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

ZEBUB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈziːbʌb/

Noun

Synonym of zimb.

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 ZEBUB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ZEBUB 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 64.2% of games, misses completely in 35.8%, and leaves about 513 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,769 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.04 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.

_E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL STAIR SONLY SLART STURE ROANY
Words starting with Z Words ending with B

First-turn measures

2.91 Entropy (bits)
513 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ZEBUB 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.

4.04 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,769 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ZEBUB ranks #14,769 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
471
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
527
6 guesses
51
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
16%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

843
623
229
190
97
78
48
48
30
25
16
14
14
12
12
11
10
7
6
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ZEBUB:

36% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
26% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
SONLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
TRAIL 5.90 bits
26.4% →
STAIR 5.34 bits
9.7% →
SONLY 4.62 bits
8.1% →
SLART 4.78 bits
4.1% →
STURE 4.57 bits
3.3% →
ROANY 4.74 bits
2.0% →
SCOUR 4.34 bits
2.0% →
BLADE 4.50 bits
1.3% →
SONLY 4.02 bits
1.1% →
SHALT 3.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Z10E1B3U1B3
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 21 points

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