5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HULES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HULES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HULES 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,444 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE ROANY RAINY SAINT PLATE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HULES 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
0.72 Volatility
#5,444 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HULES ranks #5,444 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
16
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
262
158
155
151
112
109
93
63
59
53
47
42
39
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HULES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TRAIN 6.00 bits
11.1% →
TRADE 5.42 bits
6.7% →
ROANY 4.85 bits
6.6% →
RAINY 4.21 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
4.7% →
PLATE 4.54 bits
4.6% →
STAIR 4.79 bits
3.9% →
TORCH 5.15 bits
2.7% →
RAINY 3.94 bits
2.5% →
COURT 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1L1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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