5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UMIAQ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% 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 UMIAQ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UMIAQ 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,244 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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 TALER TRAIN
Words starting with U Words ending with Q

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UMIAQ 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,244 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UMIAQ ranks #14,244 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
616
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
425
6 guesses
35
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)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
489
250
224
179
119
72
70
57
52
47
32
31
22
16
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UMIAQ:

22% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
21% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOREL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
SOREL 5.83 bits
20.7% →
TARSE 5.54 bits
10.6% →
SOREL 5.22 bits
9.5% →
RONTE 5.14 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 4.96 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.60 bits
3.1% →
TRAIN 4.64 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
MORNE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
POREY 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1M3I1A1Q10
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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