5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HELLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɛlz/

Noun

plural of hell

Interjection

Synonym of hell.

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 HELLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HELLS 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 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,462 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.

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 _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ORATE SAINT FINAL STAIR TORCH
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HELLS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,462 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HELLS ranks #10,462 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
383
203
158
140
120
113
107
53
41
38
35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HELLS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
16% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TRAIN 6.03 bits
16.2% →
ORATE 5.21 bits
8.6% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
6.7% →
FINAL 4.90 bits
5.9% →
STAIR 4.86 bits
5.1% →
TORCH 5.22 bits
4.8% →
RAINY 4.55 bits
4.5% →
ARENE 4.49 bits
2.2% →
SHART 4.27 bits
1.7% →
DAILY 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1L1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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