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HUMPH

Yes, HUMPH was the Wordle answer on June 22, 2021 (Wordle #3).

As an opener, it rules out about 74.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /h(ʌ)mf/[həɱf][hɱ̩f]

Interjection

A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing.

Verb

To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval.

Alternative forms: hmph, hmpf, humf

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: June 22, 2021 (#3).

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

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How HUMPH performs as a guess

HUMPH 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 51.7% of games, misses completely in 48.3%, and leaves about 609 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL RAISE STONE MAIRE STARE STIRE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.11 Entropy (bits)
609 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
74.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUMPH 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUMPH ranks #13,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
380
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
19%
All gray
48%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U M P H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HUMPH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1140
195
176
153
133
120
75
43
32
28
26
24
18
17
15
14
11
11
11
10
9
9
9
8
5
4
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUMPH:

48% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.3% →
ARIEL 6.08 bits
8.3% →
RAISE 5.71 bits
7.5% →
STONE 5.24 bits
6.5% →
MAIRE 5.50 bits
5.6% →
STARE 5.53 bits
5.1% →
STIRE 4.74 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 4.77 bits
1.8% →
TIARE 4.72 bits
1.4% →
COATE 4.31 bits
1.2% →
ALOSE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1M3P3H4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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