HUMOR
Yes, HUMOR was the Wordle answer on February 9, 2022 (Wordle #235).
As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /hjuː.mə(ɹ)//ˈhjuːmɚ//ˈjuːmɚ/
- Noun
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US spelling of humour.
“He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.”
- Verb
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US spelling of humour.
“I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Wordle status
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Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: February 9, 2022 (#235).
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HUMOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,920 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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First-turn measures
All four describe HUMOR used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How HUMOR 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches HUMOR in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
HUMOR can come back 96 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for HUMOR; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing HUMOR
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to HUMOR.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing HUMOR:
Research on HUMOR
Game-tree analysis and word research for HUMOR, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with HUMOR, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #6,380 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with HUMOR can guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.68, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Related meanings
In WordNet's sense inventory, HUMOR is a kind of content or fun.
Synonyms mood wit humour temper
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- HUMOR sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 15 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B1); a word learners usually reach after the basics.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sound (4.0 of 5).
In a sentence
Just humor me, all right?
The story is full of humor.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).