5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HYRAX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ɹæks/

Noun

Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.

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 HYRAX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYRAX 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,083 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLANE TRONE SIDLE CLOTE
Words starting with H Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYRAX 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,083 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYRAX ranks #13,083 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
36

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
17%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
334
330
170
167
144
84
83
62
60
42
34
32
24
24
23
22
19
17
15
14
11
11
11
11
9
7
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYRAX:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
14.2% →
TOISE 5.31 bits
14.0% →
SLANE 5.50 bits
7.2% →
TRONE 4.44 bits
7.1% →
SIDLE 4.72 bits
6.1% →
CLOTE 5.32 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 4.15 bits
3.5% →
CLOTE 4.52 bits
2.6% →
SLATE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
SOUCE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4R1A1X8
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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