5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GARUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.ɹəm//ˈɡɑ.ɹəm/

Noun

A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.

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 GARUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GARUM 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,102 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

G___M G in the 1st position and M in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TRIED TRACE SLICE SINCE
Words starting with G Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GARUM 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GARUM ranks #5,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
15
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
266
264
150
148
141
69
61
60
54
51
40
34
27
25
24
23
23
22
22
22
22
19
18
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18
14
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12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GARUM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
11.2% →
TRIED 5.19 bits
6.4% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
6.3% →
SLICE 4.94 bits
6.0% →
SINCE 4.59 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 5.34 bits
2.6% →
TOILE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SHONE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
SLEET 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2A1R1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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