5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHTUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃtʊm/

Adjective

Silent; speechless; dumb.

Alternative forms: schtoom, schtum, shtoom, shtumm

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 SHTUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHTUM 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,768 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.

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 _H__M H in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE PLANE GUILE RAILE PAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHTUM 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
#4,768 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHTUM ranks #4,768 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
17
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

746
198
140
135
122
90
76
73
56
56
51
42
41
39
31
29
28
23
22
21
21
18
17
16
15
14
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHTUM:

32% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
ARIEL 6.17 bits
8.4% →
TIARE 5.60 bits
5.9% →
PLANE 5.33 bits
5.7% →
GUILE 4.94 bits
5.2% →
RAILE 5.35 bits
3.8% →
PAIRE 5.13 bits
3.2% →
RAILE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.16 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.60 bits
2.4% →
EARLY 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4T1U1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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