5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UMBER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbə//ˈʌmbɚ/

Noun

A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

Noun

Alternative form of umbrere.

Adjective

Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

Verb

To give a reddish-brown colour to.

Alternative forms: umbre

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 UMBER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMBER 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,885 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.

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___R U in the 1st position and R in the 5th position U__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _M__R M in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT COAST TEASE COMMA STAGE
Words starting with U Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMBER 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,885 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMBER ranks #6,885 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
326
227
160
157
108
92
76
58
49
47
38
38
36
33
32
28
26
22
21
19
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMBER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SAINT 6.00 bits
13.8% →
SLANT 5.77 bits
9.6% →
COAST 5.42 bits
6.8% →
TEASE 4.81 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 3.60 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.2% →
COMMA 4.77 bits
2.5% →
STAGE 4.21 bits
2.1% →
COURT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3B3E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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