5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HELIO

HELIO 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

Noun

A heliotrope (surveying instrument).

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 HELIO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HELIO 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,443 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___O H in the 1st position and O in the 5th position H__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SMART ARSON RINSE RONTE SAINT
Words starting with H Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HELIO 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,443 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HELIO ranks #5,443 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
23
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
3 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
24%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

258
233
198
125
124
121
111
110
103
75
67
62
56
54
46
43
41
34
33
29
27
23
23
20
20
20
19
17
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HELIO:

11% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SMART
8% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
TARSE 5.53 bits
9.9% →
SMART 5.60 bits
8.4% →
ARSON 5.17 bits
5.3% →
RINSE 4.71 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.54 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.23 bits
4.7% →
STRAE 4.76 bits
4.7% →
PATEE 4.60 bits
4.4% →
SAUNT 4.76 bits
3.2% →
CORAL 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1L1I1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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