5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HERBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of herb

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 HERBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERBS 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,779 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__B_ H in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE AINEE SAINT TRAIN SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERBS 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,779 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERBS ranks #5,779 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
21%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

398
250
203
188
187
120
93
73
59
51
50
48
48
41
39
33
32
25
24
23
22
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17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERBS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TONAL 5.87 bits
10.6% →
ANILE 5.59 bits
8.6% →
AINEE 4.36 bits
8.0% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
7.9% →
TRAIN 5.21 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 4.88 bits
3.1% →
DEALT 4.47 bits
2.5% →
BLOAT 4.78 bits
2.2% →
LATER 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1B3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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