- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.58 bits
It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words matching _HEL_
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What the remaining words have in common
10 matching words0 not previously used3 past answers
Position 1W 30%C 20%S 20%B 10%
Position 5F 20%P 20%A 10%K 10%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
Primary objective: finish in the turns you have left
Can you finish _HEL_?
Set your guesses left, add the feedback you already have, and explore what each next guess could reveal. This planner starts with _HEL_ as your green-letter clues.
Plans use our working Wordle answer pool, including previously used answers. A guarantee applies to that pool and the clues you enter.
Two-turn example: SHELF
In normal mode, this play can cover 3 of 3 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.
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- Gray, Green, Green, Green, Gray WHELP — play this answer next
- Green, Green, Green, Green, Gray SHELL — play this answer next
- Green, Green, Green, Green, Green SHELF — solved on this guess
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How to play this shortlist
This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: SHELF (March 25, 2025); SHELL (October 2, 2024); WHELP (July 26, 2021).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits _HEL_?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter B, C, O, S, T, W
- 5th letter A, F, K, L, M, O, P, S
Meanings and answer history
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SHELF
A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
“We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: March 25, 2025.
SHELL
A hard external covering of an animal.
“In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 2, 2024.
WHELP
A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: July 26, 2021.
BHELS
plural of bhel
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHELA
A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHELP
To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
“He's not here so we are chelping in the staffroom and ignoring the to-do list on the board.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
OHELO
A small red or yellow berry growing on the shrub Vaccinium reticulatum of volcanic parts of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, or the shrub itself.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
THELF
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
WHELK
Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
WHELM
To emotionally affect at an intensity in between underwhelm and overwhelm.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _HEL_?
- 10 five-letter words match _HEL_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.