5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRUME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːm/

Noun

A thick semisolid

Noun

A clot (of blood)

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 GRUME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRUME 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,260 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__M_ G in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANT SOLAR ROAST SAINT COALY
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRUME 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,260 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRUME ranks #4,260 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
17
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
254
183
169
162
98
96
67
62
54
43
41
38
36
34
25
24
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22
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20
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRUME:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TALON 5.86 bits
10.8% →
SLANT 5.45 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.27 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.41 bits
6.9% →
ROAST 5.09 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 4.53 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 4.81 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
2.6% →
COALY 4.65 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1U1M3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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