5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HURTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɜːts//hɝts/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt

Noun

plural of hurt

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 HURTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HURTS 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 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,963 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

ALONE LAIDE LIANE LEANT ARIEL MAILE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HURTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,963 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HURTS ranks #1,963 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,001
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
22%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
337
170
137
85
85
66
64
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56
50
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HURTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
7% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

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
7.2% →
LIANE 5.46 bits
5.8% →
LEANT 5.27 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.88 bits
3.6% →
ARIEL 4.68 bits
2.8% →
MAILE 4.15 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.67 bits
2.7% →
CANOE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
CANOE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1R1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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