5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

FRUMP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fɹʌmp/

Noun

A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.

“You look like such a frump today!”

Noun

Unattractive, dowdy clothes.

“Get that frump off – it's horrid!”

Verb

To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.

Verb

To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.

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 FRUMP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FRUMP 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,475 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

F__M_ F in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__P R in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SATED DIANE SLATE STILE MOILE
Words starting with F Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FRUMP 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,475 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FRUMP ranks #7,475 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
6
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:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
25%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

757
327
153
149
132
112
81
59
53
47
47
36
30
29
27
26
20
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FRUMP:

32% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
14% chance
Suggested:
SATED
6% chance
Suggested:
DIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
SLANE 6.24 bits
13.9% →
SATED 5.42 bits
6.5% →
DIANE 5.20 bits
6.3% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
5.6% →
STILE 5.04 bits
4.7% →
MOILE 5.30 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.93 bits
2.5% →
SURER 4.37 bits
2.2% →
SLATE 4.84 bits
2.0% →
PAYER 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4R1U1M3P3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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