5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEBUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːbəm//ˈsiːbm̩/

Noun

A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

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 SEBUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEBUM 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,771 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ARIEL LAIRY TRULY PARTE ROANY
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEBUM 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,771 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEBUM ranks #8,771 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

506
393
154
135
132
111
83
74
67
59
59
50
44
37
31
25
23
22
22
21
21
21
17
16
16
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEBUM:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRAIL 5.98 bits
16.7% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
6.5% →
LAIRY 4.67 bits
5.7% →
LAIRY 4.67 bits
5.6% →
TRULY 4.64 bits
4.7% →
PARTE 4.51 bits
3.5% →
ROANY 4.79 bits
3.1% →
TRASH 4.78 bits
2.8% →
TRUCE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
ROANY 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1B3U1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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