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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

HEIST

Yes, HEIST was the Wordle answer on April 26, 2022 (Wordle #311).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /haɪst/

Noun

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

Noun

A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.

Verb

To steal, rob, or hold up (something).

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: April 26, 2022 (#311).

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

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How HEIST performs as a guess

HEIST 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #763 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T H in the 1st position and T in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR LAREE NADIR LEARE COALY DINER
Words starting with H Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEIST 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#763 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEIST ranks #763 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,034
4 guesses
1,036
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
E X I S T
H E I S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HEIST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
301
123
112
101
69
66
66
60
59
54
50
48
41
37
37
35
34
32
28
28
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEIST:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
13% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
5% chance
Suggested:
NADIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
MOLAR 5.75 bits
12.8% →
LAREE 5.24 bits
5.2% →
NADIR 4.91 bits
4.7% →
LEARE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
COALY 5.00 bits
2.9% →
DINER 4.55 bits
2.8% →
TOTAL 4.82 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.37 bits
2.5% →
TARTE 4.54 bits
2.5% →
PARLE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1I1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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