5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HAVOC

Yes, HAVOC was the Wordle answer on December 29, 2022 (Wordle #558).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhævək//ˈhævɪk/

Noun

Widespread devastation and destruction.

Noun

Mayhem.

Verb

To pillage.

Verb

To cause havoc.

Alternative forms: hauocke, havock, havok

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 29, 2022 (#558).

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

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How HAVOC performs as a guess

HAVOC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,935 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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

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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 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER ALERT TRONE STILE CRISE SIREN
Words starting with H Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAVOC 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,935 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAVOC ranks #9,935 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
22
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
A B A C K
H A V O C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HAVOC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

573
326
269
173
103
96
68
66
65
53
52
45
41
34
24
21
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16
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAVOC:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
SLIER 6.09 bits
13.8% →
ALERT 5.62 bits
11.4% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
7.3% →
STILE 4.71 bits
4.4% →
CRISE 5.28 bits
4.1% →
SIREN 5.20 bits
2.9% →
SLAKE 4.31 bits
2.8% →
TONAL 4.41 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.16 bits
2.2% →
CRUSE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1V4O1C3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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