5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

YUMPS

YUMPS 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

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yump

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 YUMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts YUMPS 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 64.9% of games, misses completely in 35.1%, and leaves about 372 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,164 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.

Y___S Y in the 1st position and S in the 5th position Y__P_ Y in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL STANE LAIDE TRONE MAIRE LATER
Words starting with Y Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
372 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How YUMPS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,164 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, YUMPS ranks #10,164 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
13%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

828
290
206
132
112
109
78
67
58
47
31
28
28
27
26
21
19
18
16
15
13
13
12
10
10
9
9
9
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing YUMPS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
STANE
9% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.1% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
12.3% →
STANE 5.63 bits
8.7% →
LAIDE 4.97 bits
5.6% →
TRONE 5.38 bits
4.7% →
ARIEL 5.47 bits
4.6% →
MAIRE 5.48 bits
3.3% →
LATER 4.73 bits
2.8% →
IRATE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SHUNT 4.28 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Y4U1M3P3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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