5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAULD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of odalman.

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 HAULD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAULD 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,114 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONEY SIREN REACT TRICE DINER
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAULD 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,114 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAULD ranks #3,114 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
10
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
237
157
147
145
137
134
94
55
49
48
48
40
33
27
27
25
24
23
22
20
19
18
17
16
16
15
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAULD:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
TONEY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TRONE 6.16 bits
10.1% →
TRONE 5.60 bits
6.7% →
TONEY 4.87 bits
6.2% →
SIREN 4.94 bits
6.1% →
SIREN 5.17 bits
5.8% →
REACT 4.65 bits
5.7% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
4.0% →
DINER 5.44 bits
2.3% →
CRISE 4.69 bits
2.1% →
SWIRE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1U1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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