5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HEFTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of heft

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of heft

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 HEFTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEFTS 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,292 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE LAIRY TALON PAIRE TALER
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEFTS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,292 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEFTS ranks #7,292 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
199
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
20%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

478
376
153
144
119
112
96
84
71
61
46
41
41
34
33
30
27
26
23
23
21
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17
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14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEFTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
CAROL 5.86 bits
15.9% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
6.5% →
LAIRY 5.05 bits
6.1% →
TALON 5.22 bits
5.0% →
PAIRE 4.94 bits
4.7% →
LAIRY 4.75 bits
4.1% →
TALER 4.63 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.51 bits
3.0% →
CHURN 4.67 bits
2.6% →
FLORA 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1F4T1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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