5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

RUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rump

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 RUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts RUMPS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,269 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__P_ R 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

LIANE IRATE LEANT CLONE STOAE ALONE
Words starting with R Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How RUMPS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,269 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, RUMPS ranks #6,269 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
19
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
17%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
386
241
91
89
88
82
75
62
59
49
49
43
38
27
26
26
23
18
14
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10
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9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RUMPS:

25% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
16% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
LIANE 6.12 bits
16.4% →
IRATE 5.39 bits
10.2% →
LEANT 5.70 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 4.95 bits
3.8% →
LIANE 5.32 bits
3.7% →
STOAE 5.06 bits
3.5% →
ALONE 5.29 bits
3.2% →
BLITE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
TOILE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
LAIDE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

R1U1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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