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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

HYLES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HYLES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYLES 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #8,635 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE FINAL STAIN DAIRY STAIR
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

All four describe HYLES used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.70 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How HYLES 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#8,635 Rank among openers
Opening with HYLES left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.73 average. It ranks #8,635 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
24
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
22%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

HYLES can come back 86 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

334 answers
278 answers
174 answers
157 answers
148 answers
143 answers
127 answers
115 answers
111 answers
57 answers
52 answers
46 answers
45 answers
43 answers
42 answers
38 answers
38 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYLES:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
FINAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
TRAIN 6.23 bits
11.8% →
IRATE 5.18 bits
7.4% →
FINAL 4.89 bits
6.7% →
IRATE 3.84 bits
6.3% →
STAIN 5.21 bits
6.1% →
DAIRY 4.28 bits
5.4% →
STAIR 4.78 bits
4.9% →
BLATE 4.50 bits
4.7% →
TORCH 5.15 bits
2.4% →
ARENE 3.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4L1E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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