5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

AHULL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈhʌl/

Adverb

at the hull of a ship

Adverb

Having the sails furled and the helm lashed alee, as during a storm.

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 AHULL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AHULL 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,605 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

A___L A in the 1st position and L in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__L H in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE SIREN NOISE REAST CONTE STIRE
Words starting with A Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AHULL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,605 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AHULL ranks #10,605 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
28
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
29%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
392
175
134
111
90
84
74
65
59
59
37
37
33
28
27
25
23
23
20
17
17
17
15
15
12
10
10
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AHULL:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
16.6% →
TRONE 5.33 bits
7.4% →
SIREN 5.11 bits
5.7% →
NOISE 4.97 bits
4.7% →
REAST 4.63 bits
3.8% →
CONTE 5.07 bits
3.6% →
TRONE 5.15 bits
3.1% →
STIRE 5.42 bits
2.8% →
TRONE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
TONER 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1H4U1L1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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