5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEDGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒi/

Adjective

Pertaining to or like a hedge.

“A long hedgy path led through the woodland to the house.”

Adjective

Indecisive, hesitant, noncommittal, unwilling to take a side.

“He remained hedgy until he knew exactly what was being asked of him.”

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 HEDGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEDGY 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,120 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL STAIR SAULT COAST SOLAR ALOUD
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEDGY 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
0.70 Volatility
#10,120 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEDGY ranks #10,120 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
19
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
481
178
154
111
92
83
80
73
60
34
29
24
23
22
22
21
20
18
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEDGY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
20% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TRAIL 6.08 bits
20.4% →
STAIR 5.48 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 4.83 bits
6.5% →
COAST 5.29 bits
4.7% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
3.9% →
ALOUD 4.90 bits
3.5% →
SAINT 5.00 bits
3.4% →
ARENE 4.73 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
ARGUE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1D2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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