5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UMIAC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of umiak.

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 UMIAC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMIAC 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,423 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 4th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE RONTE TRONE CHARE SHOER
Words starting with U Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMIAC 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,423 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMIAC ranks #8,423 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
17
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
385
202
186
144
103
101
93
60
56
54
52
45
43
35
30
26
26
23
17
16
15
14
12
12
11
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMIAC:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SOREL 5.89 bits
16.3% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
8.6% →
SOREL 5.30 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 5.10 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 5.07 bits
4.4% →
CHARE 4.90 bits
4.3% →
SHOER 5.13 bits
3.9% →
TALER 4.61 bits
2.5% →
TRAIN 4.60 bits
2.4% →
LOURE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3I1A1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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