5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

UNMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmæn/

Verb

To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

Verb

To deprive of men.

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 UNMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNMAN 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 333 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___N U in the 1st position and N in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__N N in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TARSE TRICE TALER TORSE SACRE
Words starting with U Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
333 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNMAN 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,474 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNMAN ranks #13,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
643
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
18%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

676
454
235
155
111
85
73
71
51
50
44
41
34
31
19
18
17
16
13
12
12
11
11
11
9
8
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNMAN:

29% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
SOLER 5.95 bits
19.3% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
10.0% →
SOLER 5.22 bits
6.6% →
TRICE 5.22 bits
4.7% →
TALER 4.79 bits
3.6% →
TORSE 5.39 bits
3.1% →
SACRE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
TRACE 4.29 bits
2.2% →
TOUSE 3.76 bits
2.1% →
SOWER 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1M3A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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