- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words starting with S and ending in UM (S__UM)
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This pattern has 8 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: SCRUM (March 5, 2025); SERUM (April 2, 2024).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. SCRUM keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits S__UM?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter A, C, E, H, O, T
- 3rd letter B, D, G, L, R, T
Meanings and answer history
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SCRUM
A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
“A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 5, 2025.
SERUM
Ellipsis of blood serum.
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Past Wordle answer: April 2, 2024.
SAGUM
A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SEBUM
A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SEDUM
Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SHTUM
Silent; speechless; dumb.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SOLUM
Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the same cycle of pedogenic processes; the upper layers of a soil profile that are affected by climate.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
STRUM
To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match S__UM?
- 8 five-letter words match S__UM in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SERUM has the highest feedback entropy at 4.99 bits against the possible answers.