5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

NUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A fool; a blockhead.

Alternative forms: nump

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 NUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NUMPS 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,422 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__P_ N 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 ARIEL STALE MAIRE CLOTE LATER
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NUMPS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,422 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NUMPS ranks #7,422 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
15%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

747
263
261
109
106
90
84
72
71
49
44
34
32
28
27
27
25
25
22
20
17
16
13
11
11
10
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NUMPS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
TALER 6.16 bits
11.1% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
11.1% →
STALE 5.73 bits
4.6% →
MAIRE 5.55 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 5.39 bits
3.8% →
CLOTE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
LATER 4.60 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 4.87 bits
3.0% →
STIRE 4.94 bits
2.1% →
TRIDE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

N1U1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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