5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ROUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 ROUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROUMS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,082 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__M_ R in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT CADET PLATE ALINE ANILE DRONE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUMS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,082 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUMS ranks #5,082 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
299
231
121
104
100
96
73
61
56
49
47
41
35
34
33
26
25
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUMS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
LEANT 6.13 bits
12.7% →
CADET 5.42 bits
9.8% →
PLATE 5.75 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 5.40 bits
4.4% →
ANILE 5.00 bits
4.2% →
DRONE 4.32 bits
4.1% →
LEANT 4.49 bits
3.1% →
SETAE 4.84 bits
2.6% →
ANILE 5.14 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1O1U1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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