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

HARSH

Yes, HARSH was the Wordle answer on September 13, 2024 (Wordle #1182).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːʃ/[ˈhɑːʃ]/ˈhäːʃ/

Adjective

Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

Adjective

Severe or cruel.

“harsh decision”

Verb

To negatively criticize.

“Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!”

Verb

To put a damper on (a mood).

“Dude, you're harshing my buzz.”

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: September 13, 2024 (#1182).

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

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How HARSH performs as a guess

HARSH 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,572 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALATE TUILE TRADE TONEY
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HARSH 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,572 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HARSH ranks #9,572 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
K A R M A
H A R S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HARSH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
305
231
183
151
141
70
57
55
53
53
45
45
35
29
24
23
22
21
20
20
19
18
17
17
15
14
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HARSH:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
12.9% →
TRIED 5.22 bits
9.8% →
ALATE 5.37 bits
7.8% →
TUILE 5.34 bits
6.4% →
TRADE 4.65 bits
6.0% →
TONEY 4.63 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.63 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
NOIRE 4.10 bits
2.2% →
TONEY 3.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1R1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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