5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FUMET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.

Noun

A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.

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 FUMET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FUMET 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,630 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T F in the 1st position and T in the 5th position F__E_ F in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE SOLAR SATIN TARTE SLUNG
Words starting with F Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FUMET 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,630 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FUMET ranks #6,630 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
13
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:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
367
177
160
101
90
82
81
67
53
51
43
39
37
33
26
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FUMET:

21% chance
Suggested:
SALON
16% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SALON 5.94 bits
15.6% →
SLANE 5.33 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.60 bits
6.8% →
SATIN 5.09 bits
4.3% →
TARTE 4.87 bits
3.8% →
SOLAR 4.95 bits
3.5% →
SLUNG 4.70 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 4.95 bits
2.8% →
SHALY 4.17 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4U1M3E1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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