5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAULM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɒm//hɔːm/

Noun

The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.

Noun

An individual plant stem.

Alternative forms: halm, hame, hawm

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 HAULM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAULM 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,390 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___M H in the 1st position and M in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE SLIER STIRE RONTE REACT
Words starting with H Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAULM 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,390 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAULM ranks #5,390 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
253
155
147
144
139
129
71
60
57
56
49
36
32
24
23
23
22
22
21
20
20
16
15
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAULM:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
10.7% →
TRONE 5.64 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 5.00 bits
6.2% →
STIRE 5.21 bits
6.1% →
RONTE 4.91 bits
5.9% →
REACT 4.65 bits
5.5% →
TRICE 5.66 bits
3.0% →
TORSE 5.25 bits
2.5% →
DILLY 4.28 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1U1L1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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