5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUMPH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of bumf.

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 BUMPH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUMPH 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 58.8% of games, misses completely in 41.2%, and leaves about 461 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,811 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

B___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__P_ B in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL RAISE TARSE STONE RAILE LIANE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
461 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUMPH 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,811 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUMPH ranks #10,811 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
23%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

971
192
170
152
140
117
98
69
52
30
28
26
23
16
15
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUMPH:

41% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.2% →
ARIEL 6.11 bits
8.1% →
RAISE 5.71 bits
7.2% →
TARSE 5.68 bits
6.4% →
STONE 5.25 bits
5.9% →
RAILE 5.41 bits
5.0% →
LIANE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 4.81 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.91 bits
1.3% →
CADET 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1M3P3H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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