5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WHISH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃ/[ˈwɪʃ]/ˈʍɪʃ/

Interjection

Alternative spelling of whisht.

Noun

A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.

Verb

To make such a sound.

Adjective

Silent.

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 WHISH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WHISH 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 61.0% of games, misses completely in 39.0%, and leaves about 443 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,579 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___H W in the 1st position and H in the 5th position W__S_ W in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__H H in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LINER CRANE RUOTE DROLE STOAE
Words starting with W Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
443 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WHISH 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WHISH ranks #13,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
637
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
366
6 guesses
24
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
28%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

920
272
257
151
97
77
64
58
53
44
41
41
33
22
21
21
17
15
12
10
9
9
9
9
7
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHISH:

39% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
LINER
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.0% →
ROATE 5.98 bits
11.5% →
LINER 5.20 bits
10.9% →
ROATE 5.41 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 4.87 bits
4.1% →
ROATE 4.95 bits
3.3% →
RUOTE 4.72 bits
2.7% →
DROLE 4.85 bits
2.5% →
ROATE 5.04 bits
2.2% →
STOAE 4.39 bits
1.9% →
PLANE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4I1S1H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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