5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAYED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of hay

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 HAYED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAYED 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,365 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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

SNORT RINSE SLART SENOR SOILY TOUCH
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAYED 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,365 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAYED ranks #8,365 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
20
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
270
228
166
161
136
118
91
54
54
51
46
44
41
40
38
34
28
27
26
25
22
21
21
20
17
15
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14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAYED:

13% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SNORT 5.94 bits
11.5% →
RINSE 5.23 bits
9.7% →
SLART 5.35 bits
7.0% →
SENOR 4.43 bits
6.8% →
SLART 5.24 bits
5.8% →
SOILY 4.51 bits
5.0% →
TOUCH 5.11 bits
3.9% →
TALON 4.40 bits
2.3% →
URINE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
SENTE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1Y4E1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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