- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words starting with HOU
Our Wordle guess list has 8 five-letter words that start with HOU.
8 matching words
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This list has 8 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: HOUND (April 18, 2023); HOUSE (December 11, 2023).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. HOUFS 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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Where these letters usually land
The HOU prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- H most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (12%).
- O most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- U most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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HOUND
A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
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Past Wordle answer: April 18, 2023.
HOUSE
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
“This is my house and my family's ancestral home.”
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Past Wordle answer: December 11, 2023.
HOURS
plural of hour
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOUFF
A surname.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOUFS
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOUGH
Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOURI
A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOUTS
plural of hout
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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