5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SUMPH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A dunce; a blockhead.

Noun

Obsolete form of sump (“lowest part of a mineshaft, into which water drains”).

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 SUMPH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUMPH 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 366 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL LEANT MAIRE TRONE PAIRE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
366 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUMPH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUMPH ranks #5,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
31%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

863
159
121
120
118
118
114
93
60
53
45
32
31
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUMPH:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
5% chance
Suggested:
MAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
6.7% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
5.1% →
MAIRE 5.43 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
PAIRE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
4.8% →
TIARE 5.73 bits
3.9% →
LATER 4.65 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
ALINE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1M3P3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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