5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UMAMI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /uˈmɑːmi/

Noun

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

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 UMAMI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMAMI 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,264 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___I U in the 1st position and I in the 5th position _M__I M in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TRINE TALER STORE SAULT CANER
Words starting with U Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMAMI 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,264 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMAMI ranks #14,264 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
608
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
428
6 guesses
36
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
19%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
402
379
258
229
88
49
46
45
40
36
30
29
16
15
14
13
13
12
11
11
9
9
8
8
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMAMI:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
16% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SOREL 5.83 bits
17.0% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
16.1% →
TALER 5.61 bits
10.9% →
SOREL 5.25 bits
9.7% →
STORE 4.96 bits
3.7% →
TALER 4.43 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.30 bits
2.0% →
CANER 4.53 bits
1.9% →
MOTEL 4.65 bits
1.7% →
CUTIE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3A1M3I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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