5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

WHAUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% 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 WHAUR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHAUR 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,900 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

W___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__U_ W in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIPE SLIDE SLICE CARTE VISOR
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHAUR 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,900 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHAUR ranks #7,900 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
15
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:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
305
218
172
124
103
84
82
72
63
63
45
39
39
38
36
26
25
22
21
19
18
17
17
17
14
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHAUR:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
12.9% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
9.2% →
TRIPE 5.16 bits
7.3% →
SLIDE 4.99 bits
5.3% →
SLICE 5.07 bits
4.4% →
CARTE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
VISOR 3.67 bits
3.5% →
TRICE 4.29 bits
3.1% →
CLOTE 5.09 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4A1U1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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