5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UMBOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of umbo

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 UMBOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMBOS 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 311 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,479 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___S U in the 1st position and S in the 5th position U__O_ U in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _M__S M in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE CRANE CARLE RAILE TRONE
Words starting with U Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
311 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMBOS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,479 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMBOS ranks #9,479 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
12%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

710
300
260
157
100
89
85
76
64
53
46
34
33
26
24
23
23
22
16
14
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMBOS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
12.7% →
STALE 5.64 bits
11.0% →
CRANE 5.28 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 5.20 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
LEARE 5.04 bits
3.2% →
SHUNT 4.25 bits
2.7% →
TALER 4.87 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3B3O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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