5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HARLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of harl

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of harl

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 HARLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HARLS 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,883 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TINGE TRIED SIENT BOITE TRADE CLEAN
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HARLS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HARLS ranks #1,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
257
160
144
120
111
99
98
91
63
57
57
47
45
37
37
34
31
30
27
26
25
22
21
21
21
20
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HARLS:

12% chance
Suggested:
TINGE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
7% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
TINGE 5.80 bits
10.9% →
TRIED 5.26 bits
6.8% →
SIENT 5.50 bits
6.1% →
BOITE 5.11 bits
5.1% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
CLEAN 4.33 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 5.22 bits
4.2% →
TONEY 4.71 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 5.15 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1R1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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