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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HEAVY

Yes, HEAVY was the Wordle answer on February 22, 2024 (Wordle #978).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛv.i//ˈhev.i//ˈhiːvi/

Adjective

Having great weight.

“Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.”

Adjective

Serious, somber.

Adverb

In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

Adverb

To a great degree; greatly.

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: February 22, 2024 (#978).

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

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How HEAVY performs as a guess

HEAVY 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,843 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__V_ H in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SIREE SNORT TALON ALTER SOILY SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEAVY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#11,843 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEAVY ranks #11,843 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
32
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)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
H E A V Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HEAVY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

395
370
216
161
160
127
124
92
84
62
56
42
32
29
28
24
21
19
18
16
15
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13
12
12
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11
11
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEAVY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
SIREE 5.32 bits
15.7% →
SNORT 5.89 bits
9.2% →
TALON 5.37 bits
6.8% →
ALTER 4.65 bits
6.8% →
SOILY 4.08 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
5.3% →
TORCH 5.18 bits
3.9% →
TONER 4.48 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 3.92 bits
2.6% →
SLART 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1A1V4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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