5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEXYL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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 HEXYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEXYL 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,604 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ARISE SAUNT COAST TORCH ALOSE
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEXYL 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,604 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEXYL ranks #13,604 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
638
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
327
6 guesses
41
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
19%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
481
201
172
156
151
112
81
76
68
35
33
33
25
24
23
18
18
17
17
12
11
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEXYL:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
20% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
TRAIN 6.24 bits
20.4% →
ARISE 5.35 bits
8.5% →
SAUNT 4.79 bits
7.3% →
COAST 5.11 bits
6.6% →
TORCH 5.31 bits
6.4% →
ALOSE 4.52 bits
4.7% →
STAIR 4.84 bits
3.4% →
SONAR 4.52 bits
3.2% →
DALLY 4.03 bits
2.9% →
TARSE 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1X8Y4L1
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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