5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOKUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊkəm//ˈhoʊkəm/

Noun

(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.

Noun

(An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.

Alternative forms: hocum

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 HOKUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOKUM 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 367 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,938 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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 _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRONE STILE CRATE TALER CRANE
Words starting with H Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
367 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOKUM 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,938 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOKUM ranks #11,938 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
21
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
19%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
244
211
165
157
112
101
38
36
33
31
29
28
28
25
24
23
19
18
17
17
16
15
14
11
9
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOKUM:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
10.3% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
8.9% →
STILE 5.20 bits
7.0% →
CRATE 5.66 bits
6.7% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.7% →
RAILE 5.41 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 5.29 bits
1.6% →
SNARE 4.61 bits
1.5% →
TARSE 4.48 bits
1.4% →
PARTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1K5U1M3
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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