318 words keep UM together as a run. ALBUM, CHUMP, CLUMP lead them, 39 of them possible answers.
About 12% of these sit on the Wordle answer list, 39 words in all.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 318 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- SERUM: takes 318 down to 90 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- HUMAN: down to 96. It is on the answer list.
- TUMOR: down to 96. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on M more than any other letter: 98 words, about a third of the set. If you need a second letter to test, S (92), A (84) and P (67) appear here more than any others. Only 9 of the 318 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.
Best 5 Letter Words With UM
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ALBUM
- CHUMP
- CLUMP
- CRUMB
- CRUMP
- DATUM
- DUMMY
- DUMPY
- FLUME
- FORUM
- GUMBO
- GUMMY
- HUMAN
- HUMID
- HUMOR
- HUMPH
- HUMUS
- JUMBO
- JUMPY
- LUMEN
- LUMPY
- MUMMY
- OPIUM
- PLUMB
- PLUME
- PLUMP
- RUMBA
- RUMOR
- SCRUM
- SERUM
- SLUMP
- STUMP
- SUMAC
- THRUM
- THUMB
- THUMP
- TRUMP
- TUMOR
- UMBRA
- DRUMS
- PUMPS
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With A
- ALBUM
- ACCUM
- ADSUM
- AEVUM
- AGRUM
- ALGUM
- ALUMS
- ALUMY
- ANNUM
- ANTUM
- APIUM
- ARUMS
- AUMIL
- AURUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With B
- BAUME
- BEGUM
- BLUME
- BOGUM
- BONUM
- BRUME
- BRYUM
- BUMBO
- BUMFS
- BUMPH
- BUMPS
- BUMPY
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With C
- CHUMP
- CLUMP
- CRUMB
- CRUMP
- CARUM
- CAUMA
- CAUMS
- CAVUM
- CECUM
- CHAUM
- CHUMS
- COUMA
- CUMAL
- CUMAR
- CUMAY
- CUMBU
- CUMEC
- CUMIC
- CUMIN
- CUMLY
- CUMOL
- CUMYL
- CUSUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With D
- DATUM
- DUMMY
- DUMPY
- DRUMS
- DEGUM
- DONUM
- DOUMA
- DOUMS
- DUMAS
- DUMBA
- DUMBO
- DUMBS
- DUMBY
- DUMKA
- DUMKY
- DUMPS
- DURUM
- DWAUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With F
- FLUME
- FORUM
- FANUM
- FILUM
- FLUMP
- FRUMP
- FUMED
- FUMER
- FUMES
- FUMET
- FUMID
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With G
- GUMBO
- GUMMY
- GARUM
- GAUMS
- GAUMY
- GEUMS
- GLAUM
- GLUMA
- GLUME
- GLUMP
- GLUMS
- GOUMI
- GRUME
- GRUMP
- GUMBY
- GUMLY
- GUMMA
- GUMMI
- GUMPS
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With H
- HUMAN
- HUMID
- HUMOR
- HUMPH
- HUMUS
- HILUM
- HOKUM
- HUMAS
- HUMBO
- HUMET
- HUMFS
- HUMIC
- HUMIN
- HUMIT
- HUMPS
- HUMPY
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With J
- JUMBO
- JUMPY
- JOCUM
- JORUM
- JUGUM
- JUMAR
- JUMBA
- JUMBY
- JUMMA
- JUMPS
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With K
- KHOUM
- KOKUM
- KRUMP
- KUMAN
- KUMBI
- KUMIS
- KUMNI
- KUMYK
- KUMYS
- KUSUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With L
- LUMEN
- LUMPY
- LANUM
- LARUM
- LEDUM
- LEUMA
- LINUM
- LOCUM
- LOKUM
- LORUM
- LOUMA
- LUMAS
- LUMBI
- LUMME
- LUMMY
- LUMPS
- LUMUT
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With M
- MUMMY
- MALUM
- MAUMS
- MAUMY
- MECUM
- MEUMS
- MINUM
- MNIUM
- MOKUM
- MUMBO
- MUMMS
- MUMPH
- MUMPS
- MUMSY
- MUMUS
- MUTUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With N
- NAHUM
- NAUMK
- NEUMA
- NEUME
- NEUMS
- NEXUM
- NODUM
- NOTUM
- NOVUM
- NUDUM
- NUMAC
- NUMBS
- NUMDA
- NUMEN
- NUMIS
- NUMMI
- NUMMY
- NUMPS
- NUMUD
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With O
- OPIUM
- OAKUM
- ODEUM
- ODIUM
- ODUMS
- OLEUM
- ONIUM
- OTIUM
- OUMAS
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With P
- PLUMB
- PLUME
- PLUMP
- PUMPS
- PEDUM
- PETUM
- PILUM
- PISUM
- PIUMA
- PIUMS
- PLUMA
- PLUMS
- PLUMY
- PNEUM
- PUMAS
- PUMEX
- PUMIE
- PUMPY
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With R
- RUMBA
- RUMOR
- RHEUM
- RHUMB
- ROUMS
- ROZUM
- RUMAL
- RUMAN
- RUMBO
- RUMEN
- RUMES
- RUMEX
- RUMLY
- RUMMY
- RUMPO
- RUMPS
- RUMPY
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With S
- SCRUM
- SERUM
- SLUMP
- STUMP
- SUMAC
- SAGUM
- SARUM
- SCAUM
- SCUMS
- SDUMP
- SEBUM
- SEDUM
- SEVUM
- SHTUM
- SIUMS
- SLAUM
- SLUMS
- SOLUM
- SOUMS
- SPUME
- SPUMY
- STRUM
- STUMM
- STUMS
- SUMAK
- SUMEN
- SUMIS
- SUMMA
- SUMOS
- SUMPH
- SUMPS
- SUMPT
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With T
- THRUM
- THUMB
- THUMP
- TRUMP
- TUMOR
- TECUM
- TETUM
- TOTUM
- TSUMA
- TUCUM
- TUMID
- TUMLI
- TUMMY
- TUMPS
- TUMPY
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With U
- UMBRA
- UMAMI
- UMAUA
- UMBEL
- UMBER
- UMBLE
- UMBOS
- UMBRE
- UMEST
- UMIAC
- UMIAK
- UMIAQ
- UMIRI
- UMIST
- UMMAH
- UMMAS
- UMMED
- UMMPS
- UMPED
- UMPHS
- UMPIE
- UMPTY
- UMRAH
- UMRAS
- UMSET
- UNGUM
- UTRUM
5 Letter Words With UM Starting With E, I, V and other letters
- ERUMP
- ERVUM
- ILEUM
- ILIUM
- IMAUM
- ISEUM
- IZUMI
- VELUM
- VINUM
- VODUM
- WHUMP
- YUMAN
- YUMMO
- YUMMY
- YUMPS
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- FILUM: A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
- HUMIN: A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
- TUMID: Ostentatiously lofty in style.
- GUMMA: A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.
- GLUME: Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
- SPUME: Foam or froth on the sea.
- HILUM: The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
- VELUM: A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.
- FRUMP: A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman.
- RHEUM: A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose).
- CECUM: The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
- ILEUM: The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
- THRUM: A thrumming sound. It is on the answer list.
- ODIUM: Hate coupled with disgust.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer have UM side by side?
Yes. HUMAN, ALBUM and TRUMP all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. PUMPS and RUMOR are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is GRUME really a word?
Yes. A thick viscous liquid. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
HUMAN. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YUMPS and VODUM are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
DATUM, DUMPY and HUMPH. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.