- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words with H, M and N
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words containing H, M and N, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
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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); MONTH (March 9, 2022); MUNCH (June 18, 2025); NYMPH (March 27, 2022).
ABNET does not fit this page's clues. HUMAN 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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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 10 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- H most often the 5th letter (60% of these words), also 1st (40%).
- M most often the 1st letter (50% of these words), also 3rd (50%).
- N most often the 3rd letter (50% of these words), also 5th (30%), 1st (10%), 4th (10%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
HUMAN
Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
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Past Wordle answer: January 13, 2023.
HYMEN
A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MONTH
A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
“July is my favourite month.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 9, 2022.
MUNCH
To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
“Jim was munching on a biscotti.”
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Past Wordle answer: June 18, 2025.
NYMPH
Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc.
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Past Wordle answer: March 27, 2022.
HYMNS
plural of hymn
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HEMIN
a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MANEH
An obsolete unit of Hebrew currency, larger than a shekel.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MENSH
Alternative spelling of mensch.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MYNAH
Alternative spelling of myna.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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