5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HULLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌlz/

Noun

plural of hull

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hull

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 HULLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HULLS 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 346 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,783 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE TIARE TRICE TRONE MOIRE STRAE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
346 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HULLS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HULLS ranks #10,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
21%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

777
294
248
148
109
92
68
54
53
46
44
40
39
28
20
17
17
16
14
14
13
13
13
10
10
10
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HULLS:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
RAINE 6.09 bits
12.5% →
TIARE 5.80 bits
10.5% →
TIARE 5.30 bits
6.3% →
TRICE 5.73 bits
4.6% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
3.9% →
MOIRE 4.25 bits
2.9% →
STRAE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
SAUNT 4.48 bits
2.2% →
DAINE 4.67 bits
2.0% →
MORAE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1L1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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