5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STUMM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 STUMM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STUMM 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 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 400 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,992 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _T__M T in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TREAT PLANE RAILE CARLE AROSE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
400 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STUMM 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,992 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STUMM ranks #11,992 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
23
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

861
331
183
128
112
92
62
58
54
52
40
36
35
28
28
26
22
19
19
15
12
11
9
9
8
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STUMM:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
14% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
ARIEL 6.13 bits
14.0% →
TREAT 5.67 bits
7.8% →
PLANE 5.30 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 4.84 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.08 bits
3.9% →
CARLE 5.23 bits
2.6% →
AROSE 4.63 bits
2.5% →
CLONE 4.65 bits
2.3% →
ALONE 4.24 bits
2.2% →
RAIKE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1M3M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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