5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HILUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ləs/

Noun

A hilum.

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 HILUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HILUS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__U_ H in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ROATE PEART GRONE RONTE CARTE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HILUS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HILUS ranks #4,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
20%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
229
203
180
132
95
95
65
63
60
54
52
50
47
34
34
29
29
29
28
27
24
20
15
15
14
13
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HILUS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
PEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
TRONE 5.97 bits
9.7% →
ROATE 5.19 bits
8.6% →
PEART 5.86 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 5.61 bits
5.6% →
GRONE 5.07 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
4.0% →
CARTE 5.70 bits
2.8% →
GRACE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.58 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1L1U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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