5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUMED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fjuːmd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of fume

Adjective

Of wood, treated with ammonia fumes to darken its colour and enhance its grain pattern.

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 FUMED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUMED 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,874 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.

F___D F in the 1st position and D in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART SOLAR SLANT ROAST DEARE
Words starting with F Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUMED 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
0.68 Volatility
#8,874 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUMED ranks #8,874 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
11
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
421
188
113
97
82
82
81
59
55
54
45
28
27
25
25
22
18
17
17
17
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13
13
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12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUMED:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
17.9% →
SLART 5.78 bits
8.0% →
SOLAR 4.64 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
4.1% →
ROAST 5.01 bits
3.5% →
DEARE 4.71 bits
3.5% →
SALTY 4.38 bits
3.4% →
DAIRY 4.76 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.62 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1M3E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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