5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEBEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Ebony.

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 HEBEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEBEN 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___N H in the 1st position and N in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SLART GIANT COAST SOLAR STARY
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEBEN 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEBEN ranks #9,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
29%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
293
204
158
139
88
77
77
54
53
39
36
30
30
28
28
26
25
21
19
17
16
14
13
11
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEBEN:

28% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
GIANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
SORAL 5.96 bits
12.4% →
SLART 5.69 bits
8.6% →
GIANT 5.19 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.38 bits
5.9% →
SOLAR 4.42 bits
3.7% →
STARY 4.79 bits
3.3% →
SOLAR 4.85 bits
3.3% →
SAINE 4.58 bits
2.3% →
SORAL 4.45 bits
2.2% →
SAICE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1B3E1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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