5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HILUM

HILUM 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

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ləm/

Noun

The eye of a bean or other seed, or the center of that eye; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.

Noun

The nucleus of a starch grain.

Alternative forms: hile, hilus

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 HILUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HILUM 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,139 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___M H in the 1st position and M in the 5th position H__U_ H in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__M I in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE SOARE TARSE CRATE RONTE MORNE
Words starting with H Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HILUM 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HILUM ranks #5,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
14
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

608
255
209
164
133
106
91
78
55
52
45
38
35
35
32
32
29
29
27
25
23
17
17
16
14
13
12
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HILUM:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
TRONE 6.15 bits
10.8% →
SOARE 5.21 bits
8.9% →
TRONE 5.64 bits
7.0% →
TARSE 5.40 bits
5.6% →
CRATE 5.84 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
3.9% →
MORNE 5.23 bits
3.3% →
SLATE 4.49 bits
2.3% →
SAVEY 4.63 bits
2.2% →
SACRE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1L1U1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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