5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

ULEMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʊləmə//ˈuːlɪmə//uːləˈmɑː/

Noun

plural of alim; the guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.

Alternative forms: ulama, ‘ulama’, olema

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 ULEMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ULEMA 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,030 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

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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

NOIRE SNORT TRAIN CRATE CRUST NATAL
Words starting with U Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULEMA 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,030 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULEMA ranks #7,030 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
21%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
285
268
165
147
86
83
80
72
70
69
44
38
37
37
35
35
31
27
27
23
23
21
19
19
18
16
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULEMA:

13% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
NOIRE 5.32 bits
12.1% →
SNORT 5.81 bits
11.4% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
7.0% →
CRATE 4.88 bits
6.2% →
CRUST 5.30 bits
3.6% →
NATAL 4.32 bits
3.5% →
SILLY 4.68 bits
3.4% →
SETER 4.80 bits
3.1% →
BOREE 4.28 bits
3.0% →
SURGE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1E1M3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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