5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUMBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmbəʊ//ˈdʌmboʊ/

Noun

A stupid person.

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 DUMBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUMBO 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 385 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,929 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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.

D___O D in the 1st position and O in the 5th position D__B_ D in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SOLER SLANT RAINE RAISE CARLE
Words starting with D Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
385 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUMBO 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,929 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUMBO ranks #8,929 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
795
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
12
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
17%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

844
343
131
119
115
98
96
55
46
45
44
42
25
25
20
19
18
18
17
16
13
12
12
12
10
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUMBO:

36% chance
Suggested:
REAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
6% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.8% →
REAST 6.28 bits
14.5% →
SOLER 5.19 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.38 bits
5.0% →
RAINE 5.41 bits
4.9% →
RAISE 5.38 bits
4.2% →
CARLE 5.26 bits
4.1% →
SCALE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
IRATE 4.96 bits
2.0% →
ROATE 4.41 bits
1.9% →
CRUET 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1M3B3O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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