5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HOYLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɪl/

Proper noun

A surname.

Proper noun

A hamlet in Heyshott parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU9018).

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 HOYLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOYLE 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,513 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR ARSON SAINT SNAIL REPEL
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOYLE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,513 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOYLE ranks #5,513 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
36%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
262
206
165
146
135
109
102
70
53
50
50
50
49
38
32
32
31
31
30
26
25
25
25
23
21
19
17
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOYLE:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
TRAIN 6.19 bits
11.1% →
STAIR 5.26 bits
8.7% →
STAIR 5.05 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.24 bits
6.2% →
SAINT 4.94 bits
5.7% →
SNAIL 5.07 bits
4.6% →
REPEL 4.56 bits
4.3% →
CHART 5.20 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.56 bits
2.2% →
ALOOF 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1Y4L1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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