5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

THRUM

Yes, THRUM was the Wordle answer on June 22, 2025 (Wordle #1464).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /θɹʌm/

Noun

A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

Noun

A spicy taste; a tang.

Verb

To cause a steady rhythmic vibration in (something), usually by plucking.

“She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.”

Verb

To make a monotonous drumming noise.

“to thrum on a table”

Alternative forms: thrumb

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 22, 2025 (#1464).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How THRUM performs as a guess

THRUM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,508 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

T___M T in the 1st position and M in the 5th position T__U_ T in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _H__M H in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

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ALONE DAINE SALET SLANE MOILE SOARE
Words starting with T Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THRUM 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,508 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THRUM ranks #3,508 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
RTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
T H R U M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THRUM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
359
202
127
107
77
67
65
62
59
54
51
40
33
33
26
26
25
22
21
20
19
16
16
15
15
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11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THRUM:

23% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
ALONE 6.20 bits
15.2% →
DAINE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
SALET 5.74 bits
5.4% →
SLANE 4.99 bits
4.5% →
MOILE 5.40 bits
3.3% →
SOARE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
ALOSE 4.61 bits
2.8% →
SLAKE 5.03 bits
2.6% →
PLACE 4.96 bits
2.5% →
SAINE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4R1U1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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