5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WOMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of womb

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 WOMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WOMBS 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 65.7% of games, misses completely in 34.3%, and leaves about 374 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,414 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__B_ W in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE CRATE CARLE REACT TRICE
Words starting with W Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
374 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WOMBS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,414 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WOMBS ranks #10,414 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
19%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

809
349
196
135
132
109
73
51
39
39
35
32
32
30
26
24
21
19
18
15
14
14
12
9
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WOMBS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.3% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
14.8% →
STALE 5.61 bits
8.3% →
CRATE 5.23 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 5.54 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 5.44 bits
3.1% →
REACT 4.24 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.88 bits
1.7% →
SPATE 4.58 bits
1.7% →
URITE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4O1M3B3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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