5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NEUME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /njuːm//n(j)um/

Noun

Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation.

Noun

A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable.

Alternative forms: neum, neuma, pneume

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 NEUME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NEUME 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,198 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

N___E N in the 1st position and E in the 5th position N__M_ N in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SOLAR LAIRY SLART CLARY COAST
Words starting with N Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NEUME 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,198 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NEUME ranks #10,198 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
223
216
195
122
105
79
73
66
45
44
41
37
36
35
33
32
30
26
24
22
22
22
17
16
15
15
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NEUME:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TRAIL 6.02 bits
9.5% →
SOLAR 5.13 bits
9.2% →
LAIRY 4.98 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.23 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.85 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.4% →
COAST 4.99 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.36 bits
2.8% →
SHART 4.74 bits
1.9% →
SONAR 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1E1U1M3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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