Opener Lab
Compare HUMUS
Pick a word to compare against.
How HUMUS performs
Played first, HUMUS removes about 78.5% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.32 bits of information. Roughly 17% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.
Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HUMUS left an average of 511 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 20, 2026, when the answer was DIVER and 1000 candidates survived.
First-guess odds
| Outcome | HUMUS |
|---|---|
| First-turn solve* | 0.04% |
| At least one green | 16.6% |
| Any green or yellow | 57.6% |
| Whole row gray | 42.4% |
| Worst case answers left | 1000 |
*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.