5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAUGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HAUGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAUGO 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___O H in the 1st position and O in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER ALERT SOLER STILE TRICE SOLAR
Words starting with H Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAUGO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAUGO ranks #10,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
329
301
180
145
100
85
67
66
49
47
46
34
31
27
24
24
20
20
20
19
17
17
16
16
16
15
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAUGO:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
13% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SLIER 5.84 bits
13.9% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
12.8% →
SOLER 5.14 bits
7.6% →
STILE 4.80 bits
6.1% →
SLIER 5.03 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
SOLAR 4.19 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.54 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
TORSE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1U1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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