5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HIRES

HIRES 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

Noun

plural of hire

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 HIRES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HIRES 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,557 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON DEALT ACORN SLANT ANTIC TRACE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HIRES 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,557 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HIRES ranks #2,557 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
15
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
210
148
133
125
117
102
98
79
65
64
63
60
53
44
43
37
35
29
26
23
22
21
21
20
20
18
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HIRES:

12% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
6% chance
Suggested:
ACORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
TALON 5.59 bits
8.9% →
DEALT 5.46 bits
6.3% →
ACORN 4.78 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.16 bits
5.3% →
ANTIC 5.15 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.72 bits
4.3% →
OLATE 3.31 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.96 bits
3.4% →
EATEN 4.25 bits
2.8% →
TOUCH 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1R1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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