5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HERMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of herm.

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 HERMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERMA 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 86.8% of games, misses completely in 13.2%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,718 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__M_ H in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SLANT TOILE TOISE PRINT TRAIN
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERMA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,718 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERMA ranks #4,718 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
238
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
23%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
238
227
171
135
128
111
93
78
67
47
39
38
37
35
32
32
27
24
24
23
20
19
19
17
17
17
17
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERMA:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.33 bits
9.6% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
TOISE 4.42 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
5.4% →
PRINT 4.74 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.54 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 5.01 bits
3.3% →
CASTE 3.79 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1M3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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