5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEBES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hebe

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 HEBES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEBES 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 262 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,099 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HE_ES H in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SAINT GRATE RAINY TORCH SLART
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
262 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEBES 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,099 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEBES ranks #11,099 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
14
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
252
248
169
129
124
98
84
62
40
32
30
29
26
26
25
25
24
24
18
16
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEBES:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TRAIL 5.87 bits
10.7% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
10.5% →
GRATE 5.18 bits
7.2% →
RAINY 4.30 bits
5.5% →
TORCH 5.15 bits
5.3% →
SLART 4.74 bits
4.2% →
LAIRY 4.82 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.80 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.37 bits
1.7% →
ROATE 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1B3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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