5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CHUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌmz/

Noun

plural of chum

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of chum

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 CHUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CHUMS 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,047 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

C___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__M_ C in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER IRONE ROATE TRONE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHUMS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,047 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHUMS ranks #7,047 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
245
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
22%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

815
296
140
110
94
91
88
61
50
42
42
39
36
33
33
28
28
27
26
17
16
12
11
11
10
10
10
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHUMS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
ARIEL 6.22 bits
12.6% →
TIARE 5.73 bits
5.9% →
TALER 4.89 bits
4.7% →
ARIEL 5.25 bits
4.0% →
IRONE 5.05 bits
3.9% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
3.7% →
ROATE 5.36 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 4.79 bits
2.1% →
IRATE 4.30 bits
1.8% →
SURGE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4U1M3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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