5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

DUMKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.

Noun

An individual composition in this genre.

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 DUMKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DUMKA 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 336 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,452 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A D in the 1st position and A in the 5th position D__K_ D in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE STORE SIRED STIRE IRADE
Words starting with D Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
336 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DUMKA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,452 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DUMKA ranks #10,452 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
278
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
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

670
515
140
106
104
83
82
78
63
61
52
36
33
26
26
21
21
19
17
17
16
13
13
11
9
9
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DUMKA:

28% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
22% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
SIREN 6.07 bits
21.8% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
5.9% →
STORE 5.45 bits
4.5% →
SIRED 5.10 bits
4.4% →
STIRE 4.70 bits
3.5% →
IRADE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
MOIRE 5.29 bits
3.3% →
SACRE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
CRISE 5.03 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

D2U1M3K5A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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