5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HURLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hurl

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 HURLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HURLS 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 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,299 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

DAINE CANOE ATONE NAICE STOAE BLAER
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HURLS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HURLS ranks #3,299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
14
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:
LRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
355
236
194
98
77
68
63
61
61
58
55
49
49
41
32
31
29
23
22
19
19
18
16
16
16
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HURLS:

15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
DAINE 6.04 bits
15.1% →
DAINE 5.53 bits
10.0% →
CANOE 5.33 bits
8.2% →
ATONE 5.61 bits
4.2% →
NAICE 5.31 bits
3.3% →
STOAE 4.92 bits
2.9% →
DAINE 4.76 bits
2.7% →
BLAER 4.47 bits
2.6% →
ATONE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
DAINE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1R1L1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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