5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHULE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of shul (“Ashkenazic synagogue”).

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 SHULE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHULE 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,861 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TENOR TONAL ORATE RENAL RAINY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHULE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,861 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHULE ranks #3,861 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
279
151
138
117
94
89
78
68
46
45
41
41
40
34
33
31
31
29
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHULE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TRAIN 6.00 bits
11.8% →
TENOR 5.09 bits
6.4% →
TONAL 4.96 bits
5.9% →
ORATE 4.21 bits
5.0% →
RENAL 4.59 bits
4.0% →
RAINY 4.75 bits
3.8% →
TUMOR 4.48 bits
3.3% →
MIRTH 4.72 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.81 bits
2.0% →
IDYLL 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4U1L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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