5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UMIAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.

Alternative forms: umiac, umiaq, oomiac, oomiak

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 UMIAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMIAK 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 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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 _M__K M in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE TORSE RONTE TRONE TALER
Words starting with U Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMIAK 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMIAK ranks #11,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
20
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)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
428
231
214
149
105
71
68
57
49
49
31
31
30
30
26
22
22
21
17
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMIAK:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SOREL 5.85 bits
18.2% →
TARSE 5.61 bits
9.8% →
TORSE 5.51 bits
9.1% →
RONTE 5.17 bits
6.3% →
TRONE 5.03 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.60 bits
2.9% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
MORNE 4.75 bits
2.1% →
GAUNT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3I1A1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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