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Five-letter words starting with HOV
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that start with HOV.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 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: HOVEL (November 26, 2025); HOVER (March 1, 2025).
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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 HOV 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).
- O most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- V most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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HOVEL
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
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Past Wordle answer: November 26, 2025.
HOVER
To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
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Past Wordle answer: March 1, 2025.
HOVEA
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOVED
Misconstruction of hove, as past tense of heave.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOVEN
alternative past participle of heave
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HOVES
third-person singular simple present indicative of hove
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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