Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

WHORE

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

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɔː//hɔɚ//ho(ː)ɚ/

Noun

Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.

Noun

A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.

Verb

To prostitute oneself.

Verb

To engage the services of a prostitute.

Alternative forms: wh*re, wh@re, whoore, ho

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”).

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use WHORE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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First-turn measures

All four describe WHORE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.87 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How WHORE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#6,057 Rank among openers
Opening with WHORE solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #6,057 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

WHORE can come back 107 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

418 answers
215 answers
189 answers
188 answers
162 answers
150 answers
77 answers
76 answers
68 answers
67 answers
42 answers
40 answers
36 answers
36 answers
35 answers
29 answers
28 answers
28 answers
26 answers
24 answers
21 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4H4O1R1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing WHORE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to WHORE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WHORE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
AIDER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SNAIL 5.99 bits
9.0% →
SLANT 5.50 bits
7.9% →
AIDER 4.16 bits
7.9% →
SAULT 5.34 bits
6.8% →
TONAL 5.03 bits
6.3% →
SAINT 5.25 bits
3.2% →
SAICE 3.85 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.63 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.48 bits
2.8% →
CAROM 4.34 bits