- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
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Five-letter words starting with HUM
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that start with HUM.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: HUMAN (January 13, 2023); HUMID (June 2, 2023); HUMOR (February 9, 2022); HUMPH (June 22, 2021).
ABRIS does not fit this page's clues. HUMAS keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.2 (3 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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Where these letters usually land
The HUM prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- H most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (10%).
- U most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (10%).
- M most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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HUMAN
Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
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Past Wordle answer: January 13, 2023.
HUMID
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
“humid earth”
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Past Wordle answer: June 2, 2023.
HUMOR
US spelling of humour.
“He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.”
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Past Wordle answer: February 9, 2022.
HUMPH
A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing.
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Past Wordle answer: June 22, 2021.
HUMUS
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HUMAS
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HUMFS
third-person singular simple present indicative of humf
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HUMIC
Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HUMPS
plural of hump
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HUMPY
Characterised by humps, uneven.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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