5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hemp

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 HEMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEMPS 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,936 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ARIEL SAINT DEARE STAIR TORCH
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEMPS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,936 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEMPS ranks #7,936 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
224
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
18%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
412
185
122
117
102
73
70
58
54
48
46
39
37
30
29
29
24
23
22
20
20
19
16
15
15
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEMPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
17% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TONAL 5.95 bits
17.5% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
5.2% →
DEARE 4.53 bits
5.0% →
STAIR 4.95 bits
4.3% →
TORCH 5.10 bits
3.1% →
MOLAR 4.91 bits
3.0% →
PLAIT 4.98 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.34 bits
2.3% →
PLIER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1M3P3S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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