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UMBRA

Yes, UMBRA was the Wordle answer on May 8, 2026 (Wordle #1784).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹə/

Noun

The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.

Noun

The central region of a sunspot.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 8, 2026 (#1784).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How UMBRA performs as a guess

UMBRA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,929 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___A U in the 1st position and A in the 5th position U__R_ U in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _M__A M in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE CASTE SOCLE SCOTE
Words starting with U Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMBRA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,929 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMBRA ranks #7,929 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
8
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
14%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
U M B R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches UMBRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
374
274
181
170
73
63
55
52
50
47
44
44
37
28
26
25
23
22
21
19
14
14
13
13
13
12
11
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMBRA:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
11.6% →
TOISE 5.25 bits
7.7% →
CASTE 4.77 bits
7.2% →
SOCLE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
SCOTE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
2.3% →
SEITY 4.57 bits
2.2% →
CLOTE 4.60 bits
2.1% →
SLICE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3B3R1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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