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.

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

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.

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.

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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)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

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
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

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:

416 answers
214 answers
188 answers
187 answers
162 answers
149 answers
77 answers
75 answers
68 answers
67 answers
41 answers
40 answers
36 answers
35 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 5.98 bits
9.0%
SLANT 5.50 bits
7.9%
AIDER 4.17 bits
7.9%
SAULT 5.34 bits
6.8%
TONAL 5.03 bits
6.3%
SAINT 5.24 bits
3.2%
SAICE 3.85 bits
3.2%
SAULT 4.61 bits
2.9%
SLANT 4.48 bits
2.8%
CAROM 4.34 bits