5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HUERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of huer

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 HUERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUERS 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__R_ H in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LIANE AINEE TRAIN SPILT SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUERS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUERS ranks #5,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
26
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
24%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
276
218
185
152
91
72
64
64
49
38
38
36
35
34
34
32
32
31
28
28
26
25
22
20
20
18
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUERS:

14% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
TALON 5.88 bits
11.7% →
LIANE 5.41 bits
9.2% →
AINEE 4.34 bits
7.8% →
TRAIN 4.99 bits
6.4% →
SPILT 5.21 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.1% →
CHANT 4.78 bits
2.7% →
FAULT 4.70 bits
2.7% →
MEALY 3.60 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1E1R1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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