5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEAPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having lots of heaps or piles.

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 HEAPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEAPY 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,920 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SNORT TALON ALTER DROLE TORCH
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEAPY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,920 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEAPY ranks #6,920 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
19
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)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
316
218
156
136
111
105
100
72
67
66
61
53
39
28
24
24
22
20
17
17
16
16
15
14
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEAPY:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
13.4% →
SNORT 5.87 bits
9.2% →
TALON 5.38 bits
6.6% →
ALTER 4.68 bits
5.8% →
DROLE 4.22 bits
4.7% →
TORCH 5.16 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.45 bits
4.2% →
SIREN 4.57 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 3.79 bits
2.8% →
TULIP 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1A1P3Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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