5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

ULMIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.

Alternative forms: ulmine

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 ULMIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ULMIN 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,778 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.

U___N U in the 1st position and N in the 5th position U__I_ U in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER STIRE TORSE ROATE GRISE
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ULMIN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,778 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ULMIN ranks #3,778 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

585
204
193
177
136
96
90
89
65
58
55
55
47
32
27
25
25
23
21
20
17
16
16
16
16
16
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ULMIN:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TARSE 6.45 bits
8.7% →
SATER 5.39 bits
8.2% →
STIRE 5.37 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 5.63 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
4.1% →
GRISE 4.32 bits
3.8% →
SCRAE 4.83 bits
3.8% →
SACRE 5.56 bits
2.8% →
SALLE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
TOUSE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1L1M3I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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