5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

CUMEC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.mɛk//ˈkjuˌmɛk/

Noun

A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic metre per second (m³/s).

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 CUMEC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CUMEC 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___C C in the 1st position and C in the 5th position C__E_ C in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SOLAR SLANT SHALT PEARE
Words starting with C Words ending with C

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CUMEC 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CUMEC ranks #12,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
21
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)
73%
Green tile
30%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

646
455
229
124
87
84
82
68
65
60
54
37
30
20
20
20
19
18
16
16
16
15
15
14
12
12
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CUMEC:

27% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
ROAST 6.02 bits
19.3% →
SLART 5.67 bits
9.7% →
SOLAR 4.67 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.32 bits
3.7% →
SOLAR 5.08 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.51 bits
3.5% →
SHALT 4.82 bits
2.9% →
PEARE 4.83 bits
2.8% →
ROANY 4.75 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3U1M3E1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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