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

THUMB

Yes, THUMB has been the Wordle answer on October 12, 2021 (Wordle #115) and June 7, 2026 (Wordle #1814).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈθʌm/[ˈθʌ̈m]

Noun

The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Noun

The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

“a scroll-bar thumb”

Verb

To touch or cover with the thumb.

“to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon”

Verb

To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.

“thumb through”

Alternative forms: thum, thume, thumbe

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 2 times

Past Wordle answer: October 12, 2021 (#115); June 7, 2026 (#1814).

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

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How THUMB performs as a guess

THUMB is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 64.6% of games, misses completely in 35.4%, and leaves about 365 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,683 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 4th position _H__B H in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL REAST BAILE SLIER RAILE SWARE
Words starting with T Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
365 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How THUMB 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,683 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, THUMB ranks #8,683 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
20%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
T H U M B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches THUMB in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

834
270
141
134
118
89
87
83
66
59
52
41
29
28
25
25
21
18
15
14
14
13
11
9
9
8
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing THUMB:

35% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
REAST
6% chance
Suggested:
BAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.4% →
ARIEL 6.13 bits
11.4% →
REAST 5.56 bits
6.0% →
BAILE 5.50 bits
5.7% →
SLIER 5.09 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
3.8% →
SWARE 5.09 bits
3.7% →
RAINE 5.26 bits
3.5% →
CARLE 5.22 bits
2.8% →
SLANE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
COATE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1H4U1M3B3
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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