5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEIGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /heɪ/

Interjection

An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.

Alternative forms: hey, hi, hegh, hech

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 HEIGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEIGH 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,366 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR SATIN SLART SLANT DINER
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEIGH 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEIGH ranks #13,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
360
6 guesses
37
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
31%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
459
199
162
107
86
77
75
74
61
60
56
27
25
25
23
21
19
18
18
17
15
13
10
10
10
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEIGH:

25% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
19% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
SORAL 5.89 bits
19.5% →
SOLAR 5.44 bits
8.4% →
SATIN 5.09 bits
6.9% →
SLART 4.89 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 5.02 bits
3.6% →
DINER 4.61 bits
3.3% →
TARSE 4.06 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.47 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 4.84 bits
2.6% →
STARY 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1I1G2H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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