5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HECKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of heck

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heck

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 HECKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HECKS 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,382 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ARIEL SAINT LATER STAIR CORAL
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HECKS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,382 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HECKS ranks #10,382 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
25
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
18%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

558
419
193
143
142
93
76
67
59
54
33
32
32
29
29
26
25
24
24
22
20
16
16
14
13
11
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HECKS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALON
18% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
TALON 5.90 bits
17.8% →
ARIEL 5.23 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
6.1% →
LATER 4.64 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
3.9% →
CORAL 5.00 bits
3.2% →
ORATE 4.84 bits
2.8% →
NORTH 4.85 bits
2.5% →
CHURN 3.88 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1C3K5S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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