5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHIRR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /wɜː//wɝ//ʍɪɾ/

Verb

To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.

Verb

To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound.

Noun

A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion.

Noun

A bustle of noise and excitement.

Alternative forms: whir

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 WHIRR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHIRR 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 338 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,771 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__R_ W in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE COATE LEANT SAUTE LEAST STANE
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
338 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHIRR 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,771 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHIRR ranks #10,771 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
786
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
300
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
32%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

772
274
230
140
123
107
77
67
57
55
46
37
34
33
27
19
17
17
15
14
13
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHIRR:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
COATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
SLANE 6.23 bits
11.6% →
COATE 5.49 bits
9.8% →
LEANT 5.04 bits
5.9% →
SLANE 5.33 bits
5.2% →
SAUTE 5.01 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.49 bits
3.3% →
STANE 5.03 bits
2.8% →
SKATE 5.02 bits
2.4% →
LEAST 4.46 bits
2.3% →
PLATE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1R1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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