5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHULN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of shul

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 SHULN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHULN 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 77.4% of games, misses completely in 22.6%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,374 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__N H in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE ROATE RIONE PARTE TIARE PATER
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHULN 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,374 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHULN ranks #1,374 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,078
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
14
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:
LNSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

534
243
175
125
111
108
100
74
68
48
45
41
34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHULN:

23% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.6% →
ORATE 6.01 bits
10.3% →
ROATE 5.35 bits
7.4% →
RIONE 5.39 bits
5.3% →
PARTE 5.53 bits
4.7% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
4.6% →
PATER 4.83 bits
4.2% →
CARTE 5.42 bits
3.1% →
IRADE 4.72 bits
2.9% →
VAIRE 4.65 bits
2.0% →
TRICE 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4U1L1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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