5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HILAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Relating to or near a hilum.

Adjective

Clipping of hilarious.

Alternative forms: hilair, hilare

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 HILAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HILAR 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,048 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___R H in the 1st position and R in the 5th position H__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SONDE STONE CRATE STANE CONTE ROUET
Words starting with H Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HILAR 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
0.70 Volatility
#2,048 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HILAR ranks #2,048 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
186
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

251
204
204
133
126
124
107
81
74
73
73
57
52
46
44
39
36
31
30
28
27
26
25
24
22
22
22
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HILAR:

11% chance
Suggested:
SONDE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
SONDE 5.93 bits
8.7% →
STONE 5.34 bits
8.7% →
STONE 5.21 bits
5.6% →
STONE 4.90 bits
5.3% →
STONE 5.34 bits
5.3% →
CRATE 4.62 bits
4.5% →
STANE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
SONDE 4.56 bits
3.1% →
ROUET 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1L1A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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