5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QURSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial.

Noun

A monetary unit in Egypt equivalent to 1/100 of an Egyptian pound.

Alternative forms: qirsh, qurush, girsh, gursh

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 QURSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QURSH 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 310 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,168 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

Q__S_ Q in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE ARIEL PLATE ATONE THALE MOILE
Words starting with Q Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
310 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QURSH 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,168 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QURSH ranks #12,168 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
39
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
24%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

665
430
221
99
96
75
74
69
63
59
57
44
41
34
28
19
18
16
15
15
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QURSH:

28% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
18% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
ALONE 6.17 bits
18.2% →
ARIEL 5.13 bits
9.4% →
PLATE 5.69 bits
4.2% →
ATONE 4.89 bits
4.1% →
THALE 5.23 bits
3.2% →
MOILE 4.01 bits
3.1% →
COATE 4.57 bits
2.9% →
OLATE 4.61 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1R1S1H4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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