5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HURLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)li/

Noun

A wheelbarrow.

Noun

noise; confusion; uproar

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 HURLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HURLY 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,988 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE IRATE SATED COATE SAINT ARIEL
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HURLY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HURLY ranks #6,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
30

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
394
268
142
138
97
62
59
59
56
52
46
38
37
36
30
25
24
23
21
20
16
15
14
14
14
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HURLY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
17% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SAINE 6.32 bits
16.7% →
IRATE 5.22 bits
11.4% →
SAINE 5.44 bits
6.0% →
SATED 4.84 bits
5.8% →
COATE 5.57 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
2.6% →
ARIEL 4.26 bits
2.5% →
CAESE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
PAISE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1R1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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