5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JORUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹəm//ˈd͡ʒoʊɹəm//ˈd͡ʒɔɹəm/

Noun

A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).

Noun

The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.

Alternative forms: joram

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 JORUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JORUM 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 317 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,891 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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.

J__U_ J in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TRIED SLANT SLANE DRONE LEANT
Words starting with J Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
317 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JORUM 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,891 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JORUM ranks #11,891 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
20
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:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
22%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

702
362
188
180
120
119
99
71
61
41
33
30
28
28
26
24
21
20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JORUM:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
SLATE 6.35 bits
15.4% →
TRIED 5.35 bits
8.0% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
7.6% →
SLANE 5.32 bits
5.1% →
DRONE 4.34 bits
5.0% →
LEANT 4.52 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.28 bits
3.0% →
CASTE 4.90 bits
2.6% →
STURE 4.41 bits
1.7% →
SWALE 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8O1R1U1M3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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