5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HUNTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌnts/

Noun

plural of hunt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hunt

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 HUNTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUNTS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,859 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL SPALE PEART MARLE CAGEY PLORE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUNTS 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,859 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUNTS ranks #3,859 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
190
181
179
99
83
75
72
72
56
48
48
47
43
32
30
30
29
24
22
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUNTS:

26% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
SPALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
ARIEL 6.09 bits
8.1% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
7.7% →
SPALE 5.64 bits
7.6% →
ARIEL 5.65 bits
4.2% →
PEART 4.89 bits
3.5% →
MARLE 4.39 bits
3.2% →
CAGEY 4.72 bits
3.1% →
PLORE 5.01 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.23 bits
2.4% →
SERAL 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1N1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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