5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HELLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ə/

Determiner

An intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many.

“There are hella people here.”

Pronoun

A lot; very much.

“We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.”

Adverb

Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.

“I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.”

Interjection

For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.

“"We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"”

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 HELLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HELLA 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,009 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT IRONE TRAIN TARSE TORCH TERSE
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HELLA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,009 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HELLA ranks #10,009 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
22
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
348
281
173
121
113
96
96
76
52
51
51
36
30
28
22
20
20
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19
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HELLA:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
15% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SNORT 5.85 bits
14.8% →
IRONE 5.22 bits
11.9% →
TRAIN 5.37 bits
7.3% →
TARSE 4.76 bits
5.1% →
TORCH 5.15 bits
4.8% →
TERSE 4.56 bits
4.1% →
CLOUT 4.46 bits
4.1% →
SONAR 4.21 bits
3.2% →
SOREE 4.26 bits
2.2% →
TARGE 3.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1L1L1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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