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HUMAN

Yes, HUMAN was the Wordle answer on January 13, 2023 (Wordle #573).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhjuː.mən/[ˈçju̟mən][ˈçju̟mn̩]

Adjective

Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.

Adjective

Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

Noun

A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).

“Humans share common ancestors with other apes.”

Noun

Any hominid of the genus Homo.

Alternative forms: humane

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 13, 2023 (#573).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HUMAN performs as a guess

HUMAN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,089 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___N H in the 1st position and N in the 5th position H__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER TARSE TOISE TRICE TALER STORE
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUMAN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,089 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUMAN ranks #7,089 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
19
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
H U M A N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HUMAN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

532
365
160
123
102
101
100
89
75
67
62
55
49
39
31
27
26
22
21
18
16
15
15
13
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUMAN:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
SOLER 6.01 bits
15.5% →
TARSE 5.58 bits
6.8% →
TOISE 5.24 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.61 bits
4.3% →
TALER 4.78 bits
4.3% →
STORE 5.43 bits
4.2% →
SLIER 4.81 bits
3.8% →
TRACE 4.40 bits
3.2% →
POIRE 5.22 bits
2.8% →
CARSE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1M3A1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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