5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HEATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hiːts/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heat

Noun

plural of heat (countable senses)

Noun

A period of hot weather.

“Everyone suffered during the heats of July.”

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 HEATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEATS 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,908 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL LARGE SPINY GENRE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEATS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,908 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEATS ranks #1,908 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
7
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
264
191
117
94
87
83
76
66
66
66
57
51
40
37
32
31
30
29
26
26
26
25
21
21
20
20
20
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEATS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
COULD 5.48 bits
11.2% →
DROLE 5.27 bits
8.1% →
CAROL 5.21 bits
5.0% →
LARGE 4.67 bits
4.0% →
SPINY 4.80 bits
3.7% →
GENRE 4.18 bits
3.5% →
SPIRE 4.78 bits
3.2% →
COURT 4.93 bits
2.8% →
TALON 4.39 bits
2.8% →
CRINE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1A1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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