5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lump

Noun

A beating or verbal abuse.

“He's taken his lumps over the years.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lump

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 LUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUMPS 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,923 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__P_ L 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

TIARE RAINE CARNE PAIRE TRONE CATER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUMPS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,923 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUMPS ranks #5,923 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
16
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
16%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

697
286
257
106
99
94
76
74
65
54
51
44
36
29
28
28
27
23
21
14
14
14
12
12
9
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUMPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.1% →
RAINE 5.27 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.78 bits
4.5% →
CARNE 5.43 bits
4.2% →
PAIRE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
CATER 4.63 bits
3.1% →
STALE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
ROATE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
TIARE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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