5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HILCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To hobble.

Noun

A limp.

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 HILCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HILCH 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,162 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__C_ H in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__H I in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRINE ORATE SONDE SLATE STORE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HILCH 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,162 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HILCH ranks #11,162 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
24%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
297
235
131
110
86
75
70
50
44
44
43
38
36
29
29
22
16
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HILCH:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
12.6% →
ROATE 5.40 bits
10.0% →
TRINE 5.61 bits
5.6% →
ORATE 5.55 bits
4.7% →
SONDE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
3.2% →
STORE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
STOAE 4.58 bits
2.1% →
CLEAN 4.47 bits
1.9% →
REAST 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1L1C3H4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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