5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPUME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spjuːm/

Noun

Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.

Verb

To froth.

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 SPUME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPUME 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,552 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.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER LAIRY SLANT CLARY ROAST
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPUME 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPUME ranks #6,552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
20
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
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

508
361
168
123
101
75
71
66
59
54
54
48
41
38
35
34
27
26
26
25
20
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18
17
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14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPUME:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
TRAIL 5.96 bits
15.3% →
ALTER 5.30 bits
7.1% →
LAIRY 4.45 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
4.3% →
CLARY 4.66 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.80 bits
3.0% →
ROANY 4.96 bits
2.8% →
MOLAR 4.78 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.05 bits
2.3% →
LATER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3U1M3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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