5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

TUMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of tump

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 TUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts TUMPS 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S T in the 1st position and S in the 5th position T__P_ T 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 RAILE HEART RAISE MAIRE RAINE
Words starting with T Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How TUMPS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, TUMPS ranks #4,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
11
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
19%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

738
205
203
120
115
106
96
85
74
61
44
42
26
26
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25
22
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing TUMPS:

31% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
ARIEL 6.12 bits
8.7% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
8.6% →
HEART 5.48 bits
5.1% →
RAISE 4.78 bits
4.9% →
MAIRE 5.51 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
4.1% →
RAINE 5.24 bits
3.6% →
GRONE 5.18 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 4.44 bits
2.6% →
SAINE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

T1U1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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