5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HEAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hiːps/

Noun

plural of heap

Noun

A large amount.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heap

Adverb

Very much, a lot

“I love him heaps.”

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 HEAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEAPS 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT NOIRE TALON ALTER SNOUT DETER
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEAPS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEAPS ranks #4,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
15
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
293
245
133
122
103
86
82
73
49
48
44
41
37
37
36
32
31
30
26
25
24
23
22
20
17
16
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEAPS:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
DROIT 5.62 bits
12.4% →
NOIRE 5.15 bits
10.4% →
TALON 5.26 bits
5.6% →
ALTER 4.71 bits
5.2% →
SNOUT 5.02 bits
4.4% →
DETER 4.44 bits
3.6% →
TOUCH 4.96 bits
3.5% →
STIRE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
CRINE 3.99 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1A1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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