5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WAMUS

WAMUS 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

Pronunciation: /wɑːmʊs/

Noun

A warm knitted jacket from the southwestern United States.

Noun

A ceremonial tunic among the Lakota people.

Alternative forms: wammus

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 WAMUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAMUS 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,035 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

W___S W in the 1st position and S in the 5th position W__U_ W in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT STIPE CLOTE RONTE STALE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% 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 WAMUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,035 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAMUS ranks #10,035 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
12
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
327
213
191
171
120
74
73
49
47
46
46
32
31
25
24
24
23
21
19
17
16
15
14
13
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAMUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
TRINE 6.01 bits
13.9% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
9.0% →
STIPE 5.48 bits
8.1% →
CLOTE 5.03 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
5.1% →
STALE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
SHUNT 4.30 bits
3.1% →
MOIRE 5.21 bits
2.1% →
SPILE 4.06 bits
2.0% →
DRONE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1M3U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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