5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HORIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hori

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 HORIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HORIS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,127 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT PLATE ANILE TALON CADET STILE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HORIS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,127 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HORIS ranks #3,127 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
204
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:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
230
180
157
109
104
104
96
72
69
66
50
50
47
46
44
41
33
25
24
22
22
22
20
19
19
19
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HORIS:

15% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
LEANT 5.95 bits
9.8% →
LEANT 5.25 bits
7.6% →
PLATE 5.74 bits
6.7% →
ANILE 5.37 bits
4.6% →
TALON 5.11 bits
4.4% →
CADET 4.50 bits
4.4% →
LEANT 4.50 bits
4.1% →
CADET 4.17 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.86 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1R1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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