5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UNGUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To remove the gum from.

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 UNGUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNGUM 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 52.6% of games, misses completely in 47.4%, and leaves about 598 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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__U_ U in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _N__M N in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RAISE CRUST RAILE AROSE TOILE
Words starting with U Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.10 Entropy (bits)
598 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNGUM 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,070 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNGUM ranks #14,070 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
601
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
391
6 guesses
28

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
12%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1117
278
190
154
92
66
52
51
41
40
36
33
27
26
15
15
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNGUM:

47% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRUST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

47.4% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
11.8% →
RAISE 5.46 bits
8.1% →
CRUST 5.11 bits
6.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
3.9% →
AROSE 5.25 bits
2.8% →
TOILE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.77 bits
2.2% →
COAST 3.84 bits
1.7% →
STORE 4.58 bits
1.7% →
MULCH 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1G2U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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