5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HAUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

Open Solver with HAUGH Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɔː//hɔːx/

Noun

A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.

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 HAUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAUGH 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,362 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SILER ALERT SIREN SLIER STIRE TRONE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAUGH 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,362 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAUGH ranks #13,362 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
349
6 guesses
33

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

732
416
216
181
91
90
83
59
57
52
32
32
27
26
22
20
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAUGH:

31% chance
Suggested:
SILER
18% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SILER 5.96 bits
17.6% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
9.2% →
SIREN 4.67 bits
7.7% →
SLIER 5.11 bits
3.9% →
STIRE 5.55 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.77 bits
3.5% →
TRONE 5.08 bits
2.5% →
RONTE 4.65 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
SCARE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1U1G2H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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