5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STRUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /strʌm/

Verb

To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

Noun

The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

“hear the strum of a guitar”

Noun

The act of strumming.

“give the banjo a little strum”

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 STRUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STRUM 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,998 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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 _T__M T in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE DAINE TITLE PLANE CLINE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STRUM 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,998 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STRUM ranks #1,998 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

473
327
210
133
105
97
94
72
61
56
47
39
39
35
33
33
32
28
26
24
24
22
19
17
17
16
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STRUM:

20% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TITLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
ALONE 6.21 bits
13.9% →
DAINE 5.54 bits
8.9% →
TITLE 5.18 bits
5.6% →
PLANE 5.37 bits
4.5% →
CLINE 4.88 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 4.95 bits
4.0% →
MOILE 5.25 bits
3.1% →
ALOSE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
CANOE 4.78 bits
2.4% →
HAOLE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1R1U1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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