5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /fjuːmz/

Noun

plural of fume

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fume

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 FUMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUMES 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,598 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLANT SOLAR COURT CLARY
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUMES 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,598 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUMES ranks #8,598 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

516
366
210
182
147
80
77
74
53
51
50
48
47
30
24
22
22
20
20
20
20
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUMES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TALON 5.90 bits
15.5% →
LEARE 5.45 bits
8.9% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.01 bits
6.2% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
3.4% →
COURT 4.85 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.36 bits
3.1% →
MACRO 4.97 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
SHUNT 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1M3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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