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HUMPH F
74.2%
of words eliminated

How HUMPH performs

Played first, HUMPH removes about 74.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.11 bits of information. Roughly 19% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HUMPH left an average of 611 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1140 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHUMPH
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green18.8%
Any green or yellow51.7%
Whole row gray48.3%
Worst case answers left1140

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