5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUSKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌsks/

Noun

plural of husk

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of husk

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 HUSKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUSKS 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 54.8% of games, misses completely in 45.2%, and leaves about 551 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,688 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRICE TRONE BALER CARLE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.25 Entropy (bits)
551 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUSKS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,688 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUSKS ranks #13,688 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
354
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
16%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1066
280
163
154
116
76
67
51
49
42
34
27
21
20
18
12
12
11
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10
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8
8
8
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUSKS:

45% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.2% →
ARIEL 6.15 bits
11.9% →
TIARE 5.61 bits
6.9% →
TRICE 5.68 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
4.9% →
BALER 4.48 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 5.04 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.67 bits
2.2% →
SAUNT 4.22 bits
2.1% →
LEARY 4.74 bits
1.8% →
TRINE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1S1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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