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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of gump

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 GUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUMPS 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 395 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,490 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.

G___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER TIARE ARIEL MAIRE TRONE ALONE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
395 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUMPS 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
#8,490 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUMPS ranks #8,490 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
17%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

864
323
134
115
111
111
82
76
62
54
34
31
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUMPS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TALER
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TALER 6.09 bits
13.7% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
5.7% →
ARIEL 5.46 bits
4.9% →
MAIRE 5.47 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
4.7% →
ALONE 5.29 bits
3.5% →
TRICE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
OLATE 4.67 bits
2.6% →
IRADE 5.16 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1M3P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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