5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

HAIRY

Yes, HAIRY was the Wordle answer on May 3, 2022 (Wordle #318).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛə.ɹi//ˈhɛɹ.i//ˈheːɹi/

Adjective

Having a lot of body hair.

“a hairy man”

Adjective

Having a lot of fur.

“hairy mammoth”

Noun

A haircut (the act of cutting of hair).

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: May 3, 2022 (#318).

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

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How HAIRY performs as a guess

HAIRY 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,022 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__R_ H in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE TOUSE SLATE CONTE SOLDE CRONE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAIRY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,022 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAIRY ranks #5,022 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
23
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
A H E A D
H A I R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HAIRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
234
229
134
115
115
105
103
93
64
56
54
52
52
45
43
39
31
31
27
27
26
25
21
19
18
17
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAIRY:

12% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
STOLE 5.81 bits
9.9% →
TOUSE 5.31 bits
9.7% →
SLATE 5.58 bits
5.7% →
CONTE 5.16 bits
4.9% →
SOLDE 4.69 bits
4.9% →
CRONE 4.42 bits
4.5% →
STONE 5.02 bits
4.4% →
STOLE 4.70 bits
3.9% →
CLOTE 5.13 bits
2.7% →
RINSE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1I1R1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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