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HUMFS F
82.6%
of words eliminated

How HUMFS performs

Played first, HUMFS removes about 82.6% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.67 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #13,229 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, HUMFS left an average of 411 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 879 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHUMFS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green15.4%
Any green or yellow62.7%
Whole row gray37.3%
Worst case answers left879

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.