5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

HEDGE

HEDGE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd͡ʒ//ˈhed͡ʒ//ˈhe̝d͡ʒ/

Noun

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

“He trims the hedge once a week.”

Noun

A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.

Verb

To enclose with a hedge or hedges.

Verb

To obstruct or surround.

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

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 HEDGE performs as a guess

HEDGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,325 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SOLAR COAST DRAIN GRAIL DINER
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEDGE 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
#10,325 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEDGE ranks #10,325 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
33%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
A W F U L
H E D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HEDGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
240
217
173
128
108
89
45
35
35
30
30
28
27
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27
26
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25
21
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEDGE:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
SLART 5.96 bits
10.2% →
SOLAR 5.16 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.21 bits
7.3% →
COAST 5.28 bits
5.4% →
DRAIN 5.11 bits
4.6% →
GRAIL 5.01 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.84 bits
1.9% →
DINER 4.26 bits
1.5% →
STEER 4.13 bits
1.5% →
SLART 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1D2G2E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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