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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SCUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of scum

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 SCUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCUMS 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 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 451 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,255 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

S___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL CHARE TIARE TALER ROATE MORAE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.52 Entropy (bits)
451 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCUMS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCUMS ranks #12,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
25
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)
60%
Green tile
26%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

939
253
228
145
130
121
71
38
36
32
25
25
25
23
23
22
17
16
16
15
14
9
9
9
9
9
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCUMS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
ARIEL 6.16 bits
10.7% →
CHARE 5.52 bits
9.7% →
TIARE 5.25 bits
6.1% →
TALER 4.86 bits
5.5% →
ROATE 5.59 bits
5.1% →
MORAE 5.29 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.80 bits
1.6% →
CLINE 4.01 bits
1.5% →
GRATE 4.50 bits
1.4% →
RUMBA 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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