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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

HILLY

Yes, HILLY was the Wordle answer on December 7, 2024 (Wordle #1267).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɪli/

Adjective

Abundant in hills; having many hills.

Alternative forms: hillie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 7, 2024 (#1267).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HILLY performs as a guess

HILLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 333 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,215 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TRONE PORAE SARED CRATE RONTE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
333 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HILLY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,215 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HILLY ranks #12,215 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
36

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
31%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B A W D Y
F I L L Y
H I L L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HILLY in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

747
265
248
195
180
95
70
42
38
38
33
30
25
25
24
21
19
18
18
17
15
14
13
13
9
9
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HILLY:

32% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
PORAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
ORATE 6.09 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.55 bits
10.5% →
PORAE 5.18 bits
8.3% →
SARED 4.90 bits
7.6% →
CRATE 5.78 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 4.44 bits
1.8% →
SAUTE 4.59 bits
1.6% →
SANER 4.63 bits
1.6% →
TRICE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1L1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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