5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of luma

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 LUMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUMAS 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

L___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRICE TRINE NOIRE PEART TIARE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUMAS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,873 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUMAS ranks #3,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
299
200
162
111
107
89
74
60
56
52
51
48
46
38
34
32
26
23
23
21
19
19
18
15
15
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUMAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
12.7% →
TRICE 5.55 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.63 bits
6.9% →
NOIRE 4.91 bits
4.7% →
PEART 4.93 bits
4.5% →
TIARE 4.33 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
3.1% →
CRONE 4.32 bits
2.5% →
NOIRE 5.18 bits
2.4% →
RONTE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1M3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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