5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sump

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sump

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 SUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUMPS 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 56.0% of games, misses completely in 44.0%, and leaves about 513 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL LEANT TRONE MAIRE ROATE LATER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
513 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUMPS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUMPS ranks #12,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
56%
Green tile
28%
All gray
44%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1037
204
139
138
136
120
106
55
38
33
26
24
23
20
18
17
16
16
16
13
12
11
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUMPS:

44% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
6% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.0% →
ARIEL 6.07 bits
8.6% →
LEANT 5.36 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 5.37 bits
5.8% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
5.8% →
MAIRE 5.49 bits
5.1% →
ROATE 5.58 bits
4.5% →
LATER 4.58 bits
2.3% →
ALINE 4.37 bits
1.6% →
STUNK 3.88 bits
1.4% →
COATE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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