5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

HOTEL

Yes, HOTEL was the Wordle answer on July 3, 2023 (Wordle #744).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /həʊˈtɛl//əʊˈtɛl//ˈhoʊ.tɛl/

Noun

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

Noun

A public house or pub.

Alternative forms: hôtel

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 3, 2023 (#744).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HOTEL performs as a guess

HOTEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,943 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

CAIRN SEARE SAUCY SAINT ARSON AIDER
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOTEL 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
0.72 Volatility
#2,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOTEL ranks #2,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
20
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:
ELOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
M U L C H
H O T E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HOTEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

265
249
133
130
129
119
100
97
67
67
56
46
42
38
38
37
35
34
32
32
32
31
30
25
24
21
21
21
21
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOTEL:

11% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
11% chance
Suggested:
SEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
CAIRN 5.70 bits
10.6% →
SEARE 5.42 bits
5.6% →
SAUCY 4.85 bits
5.5% →
SAINT 5.58 bits
5.5% →
ARSON 5.28 bits
5.0% →
AIDER 4.18 bits
4.2% →
SEARE 4.94 bits
4.1% →
RAILE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
DONOR 3.98 bits
2.8% →
CHAIR 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1T1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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