5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HIRED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪəd//ˈhaɪɹd//ˈhaɪɚd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of hire

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 HIRED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HIRED 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,586 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANT ARSON TRACE COAST ROAST
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HIRED 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,586 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HIRED ranks #1,586 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
14
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
255
157
156
117
105
101
79
61
61
58
57
53
50
47
38
26
25
24
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HIRED:

15% chance
Suggested:
SALON
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SALON 5.86 bits
10.8% →
SLANT 5.82 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.66 bits
6.6% →
ARSON 5.04 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
COAST 5.25 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 3.50 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.6% →
SALTY 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1R1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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