5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HEIAU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪaʊ/

Noun

A temple in traditional Hawaiian society.

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 HEIAU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEIAU 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 93.6% of games, misses completely in 6.4%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,459 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__U E in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOREL ALTER MOULT DROOL SONLY
Words starting with H Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEIAU 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
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,459 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEIAU ranks #10,459 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
807
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
39
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
4 vowels
Common:
AEIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
94%
Green tile
29%
All gray
6%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

250
217
185
162
151
113
99
92
85
83
72
64
62
55
48
44
40
39
36
34
28
28
27
22
21
19
19
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEIAU:

11% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
8% chance
Suggested:
ALTER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
SALON 5.03 bits
9.2% →
SOREL 5.20 bits
7.8% →
ALTER 4.61 bits
6.9% →
MOULT 4.80 bits
6.4% →
DROOL 5.17 bits
4.8% →
SONLY 4.67 bits
4.2% →
SLEER 4.34 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.53 bits
3.6% →
DINER 4.52 bits
3.5% →
DROLE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1I1A1U1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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