- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words matching _H_LL
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This pattern has 8 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); SHALL (March 29, 2022); SHELL (October 2, 2024).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. SHALL 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 _H_LL?
All 8 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter A, C, D, G, S, T
- 3rd letter A, E, I, O, U, Y
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.
SHALL
Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
“I shall sing in the choir tomorrow.”
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Past Wordle answer: March 29, 2022.
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.”
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Past Wordle answer: October 2, 2024.
AHULL
at the hull of a ship
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
DHOLL
Archaic form of dal (“pigeon pea”).
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
GHYLL
A ravine.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
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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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.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _H_LL?
- 8 five-letter words match _H_LL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, SHALL has the highest feedback entropy at 4.46 bits against the possible answers.