5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ALUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈa.ləmz//ˈæ.ləmz/

Noun

plural of alum

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 ALUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ALUMS 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,296 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

A___S A in the 1st position and S in the 5th position A__M_ A in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRICE TRINE LIBEL PEART CARTE
Words starting with A Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% 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 ALUMS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,296 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALUMS ranks #2,296 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
11
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
23%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
288
200
141
117
114
113
62
58
53
50
45
45
44
38
34
31
29
23
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
14
13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALUMS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
12.2% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.63 bits
6.0% →
LIBEL 5.00 bits
5.0% →
PEART 5.07 bits
4.8% →
CARTE 4.73 bits
4.8% →
TRINE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 5.01 bits
2.5% →
METRO 5.13 bits
2.2% →
CRONE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1L1U1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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