5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HATED

HATED is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtɪd/

Adjective

Disliked; odious; reviled.

“bitterly hated”

Verb

simple past and past participle of hate

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How HATED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HATED as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,066 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position HA_ED H in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SNORE SNARL SNORT SENOR GLARE
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HATED performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,066 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HATED ranks #3,066 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
7
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

313
221
180
132
130
117
98
75
73
67
56
55
51
46
39
38
37
36
35
33
33
27
27
21
18
18
18
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HATED:

13% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

13.3% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
9.4% →
SNORE 5.26 bits
7.6% →
SNARL 5.10 bits
5.6% →
SNORT 5.35 bits
5.5% →
SENOR 4.35 bits
5.0% →
GLARE 4.64 bits
4.2% →
SONLY 4.75 bits
3.2% →
SPIRE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
CHURN 4.80 bits
2.8% →
SLART 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HATED; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4A1T1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.