5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HULAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhuːləz/

Noun

plural of hula

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hula

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 HULAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HULAS 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,858 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRONE GOIER BRANE TRICE PEART
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HULAS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,858 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HULAS ranks #3,858 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
13
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

424
302
179
151
116
102
95
85
78
56
51
41
40
40
39
38
37
29
28
24
23
22
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20
20
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18
15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HULAS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
13% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
TRIED 6.02 bits
12.8% →
TRONE 5.52 bits
7.6% →
TRONE 5.58 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 4.98 bits
4.9% →
BRANE 4.53 bits
4.3% →
TRICE 5.47 bits
4.0% →
PEART 4.90 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
3.3% →
MOIRE 4.24 bits
2.4% →
CONTE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1L1A1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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