5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HELLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.li/

Noun

Synonym of hell.

Adjective

Hellish, infernal.

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 HELLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HELLY 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,732 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__L_ H in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ARISE ROAST FINAL TORCH ARENE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HELLY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HELLY ranks #12,732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
703
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
320
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
493
189
179
157
125
113
68
34
33
32
26
26
26
25
21
21
18
18
18
16
15
15
13
13
11
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HELLY:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
21% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TRAIN 6.25 bits
20.9% →
ARISE 5.35 bits
8.0% →
ROAST 4.68 bits
7.6% →
FINAL 4.84 bits
6.7% →
TORCH 5.30 bits
5.3% →
ARENE 4.40 bits
4.8% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
2.9% →
TARSE 4.94 bits
1.4% →
SAINT 4.12 bits
1.4% →
DEARE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1L1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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