- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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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: CHILL (November 16, 2021); SHILL (July 21, 2026); WHIRL (July 12, 2023).
ABACS does not fit this page's clues. CHILL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues 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 _HI_L?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter C, P, S, T, W
- 4th letter A, E, L, O, R
Meanings and answer history
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CHILL
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
“There was a chill in the air.”
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Past Wordle answer: November 16, 2021.
SHILL
A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
“carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes”
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Past Wordle answer: July 21, 2026.
WHIRL
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
“The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 12, 2023.
CHIEL
Alternative form of chield.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
CHIRL
To emit a low sound; to warble.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
PHIAL
To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a phial.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SHIEL
A shepherd's hut or shieling.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
THILL
One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
THIOL
A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
THIRL
A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _HI_L?
- 10 five-letter words match _HI_L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.