5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HURST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɝst//hɜːst/

Noun

A wood or grove.

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 HURST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HURST 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #565 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T H in the 1st position and T in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE LAIDE ANILE LATTE ALINE MAILE
Words starting with H Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HURST 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#565 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HURST ranks #565 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,048
4 guesses
1,038
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
22
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
337
133
103
70
66
64
64
63
62
60
48
46
45
39
32
31
31
27
25
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HURST:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
6% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
ALONE 6.22 bits
14.3% →
LAIDE 5.35 bits
5.6% →
ANILE 5.52 bits
4.4% →
LATTE 5.10 bits
3.0% →
ALINE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
MAILE 4.15 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
CANOE 5.02 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1R1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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