5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ULAMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.

Noun

Alternative form of ulema.

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 ULAMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ULAMA 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 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,553 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

U___A U in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER TORSE LIBEL TRICE TARSE
Words starting with U Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULAMA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,553 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULAMA ranks #10,553 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

675
273
225
174
163
108
76
73
48
46
43
36
36
31
28
28
22
22
18
17
14
14
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULAMA:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
11.6% →
TONER 5.33 bits
9.5% →
TORSE 5.48 bits
7.4% →
LIBEL 4.94 bits
6.9% →
TRICE 5.24 bits
4.6% →
TARSE 4.70 bits
3.2% →
TORSE 5.24 bits
3.1% →
SINCE 4.66 bits
2.0% →
GULLY 4.13 bits
1.9% →
CANER 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1A1M3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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