5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /pʌmps/

Noun

plural of pump

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pump

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 PUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUMPS 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 56.0% of games, misses completely in 44.0%, and leaves about 535 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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.

P___S P in the 1st position and S in the 5th position P__P_ P 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

ARIEL TIARE TRONE MAIRE LATER RAINE
Words starting with P Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.29 Entropy (bits)
535 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUMPS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUMPS ranks #13,243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
19%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1037
338
139
136
106
86
63
61
46
35
33
31
22
21
17
16
13
12
9
9
9
9
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUMPS:

44% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.0% →
ARIEL 6.07 bits
14.3% →
TIARE 5.68 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
5.8% →
MAIRE 5.49 bits
4.5% →
LATER 4.58 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.27 bits
2.7% →
ARIEL 4.57 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.33 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.95 bits
1.5% →
COATE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

P3U1M3P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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