5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

HUMUS

HUMUS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 78.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːməs/

Noun

A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

Noun

Alternative spelling of hummus (“chickpea dip”).

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

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 HUMUS performs as a guess

HUMUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 57.6% of games, misses completely in 42.4%, and leaves about 508 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,316 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__U_ H in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRICE RAILE TALER TRONE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
508 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
78.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUMUS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,316 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUMUS ranks #13,316 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
661
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
17%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HUMUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1000
343
155
136
104
98
80
46
43
39
37
33
29
20
16
16
14
13
12
11
10
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6
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUMUS:

42% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.4% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
14.5% →
TIARE 5.67 bits
6.6% →
TRICE 5.71 bits
5.8% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
4.4% →
TALER 4.60 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
SLATE 4.69 bits
1.9% →
LEARY 4.69 bits
1.8% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
1.7% →
POTAE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1M3U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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