5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HEFTY

Yes, HEFTY was the Wordle answer on December 18, 2024 (Wordle #1278).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛfti/

Adjective

With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive

“He can throw a hefty punch.”

Adjective

Strong; bulky.

“They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 18, 2024 (#1278).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HEFTY performs as a guess

HEFTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,503 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARISE CAIRN SAINT SOLAR SAREE ROACH
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEFTY 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
#10,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEFTY ranks #10,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
16
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:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P I T H Y
H E F T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HEFTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
450
208
184
134
102
101
54
48
48
38
35
32
31
31
24
24
22
20
20
20
19
16
16
13
12
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEFTY:

20% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
19% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
ARISE 5.31 bits
19.1% →
CAIRN 5.99 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.43 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.77 bits
5.7% →
SAREE 4.72 bits
4.3% →
ROACH 5.11 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
SONAR 4.86 bits
2.0% →
SHOUT 3.91 bits
2.0% →
CARSE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1F4T1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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