5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HARMS

HARMS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of harm

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of harm

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How HARMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HARMS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,833 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__M_ H in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALONE TRADE TONEY CONTE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HARMS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,833 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HARMS ranks #2,833 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
13
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
273
194
189
136
111
97
76
62
55
48
46
46
45
28
27
26
25
24
24
21
21
20
19
19
18
15
15
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HARMS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
ALONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

17.1% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.6% →
TRIED 5.25 bits
8.2% →
ALONE 5.46 bits
8.0% →
TOILE 5.50 bits
5.8% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
TONEY 4.65 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 5.24 bits
3.2% →
STALE 4.92 bits
2.6% →
MOILE 5.00 bits
2.3% →
STONE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HARMS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4A1R1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.