5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HOSEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.

Noun

A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.

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 HOSEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOSEL 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 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,021 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___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE APRON AIDER SCANT RAINY
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOSEL 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
#3,021 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOSEL ranks #3,021 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
180
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

268
250
133
129
123
122
110
98
81
74
57
44
44
43
41
40
37
35
34
31
29
25
24
24
23
21
19
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOSEL:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
APRON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
TRAIN 5.96 bits
10.6% →
TRADE 5.43 bits
5.6% →
APRON 5.09 bits
5.5% →
AIDER 4.18 bits
5.2% →
SCANT 5.15 bits
5.2% →
RAINY 4.63 bits
4.7% →
BLATE 4.49 bits
4.2% →
REATE 4.81 bits
3.4% →
DONOR 4.06 bits
3.1% →
CHART 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1S1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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