5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HURTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Causing hurt; painful.

Adjective

Semé (strewn) with hurts (roundels azure).

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 HURTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HURTY 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,258 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE DAINE SALET SOLDE SLICE TREAT
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HURTY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,258 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HURTY ranks #5,258 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
354
204
158
104
103
96
53
50
49
49
46
37
34
33
30
29
22
22
21
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HURTY:

21% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
ALINE 6.31 bits
15.0% →
DAINE 5.41 bits
8.6% →
SALET 5.65 bits
6.7% →
SOLDE 4.88 bits
4.4% →
SLICE 5.34 bits
4.4% →
TREAT 4.64 bits
4.1% →
SLANE 5.07 bits
2.2% →
CAESE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
GLACE 4.47 bits
2.1% →
ALONE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1R1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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