5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNMEW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To release from confinement or restraint.

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 UNMEW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNMEW 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,726 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ U in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _N__W N in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SLART LAIRY SOLAR ROAST ARISE
Words starting with U Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNMEW 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,726 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNMEW ranks #10,726 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
407
182
182
168
92
90
83
62
58
57
40
37
33
26
25
22
21
19
18
17
17
14
13
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNMEW:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TRAIL 6.01 bits
17.3% →
SLART 5.82 bits
7.7% →
LAIRY 4.99 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.19 bits
7.1% →
SOLAR 4.51 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 5.05 bits
3.8% →
ARISE 4.59 bits
3.5% →
TARGE 4.38 bits
2.6% →
WRATH 4.94 bits
2.5% →
SAULT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1M3E1W4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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