5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HERDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of herd

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of herd

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 HERDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERDS 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,980 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__D_ H in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALINE POTAE SAINT TRAIN SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERDS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,980 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERDS ranks #3,980 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
22%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
228
184
182
171
114
93
76
64
52
52
48
48
47
46
40
38
32
26
23
22
21
21
20
19
18
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERDS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
8% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
TALON 5.88 bits
9.7% →
ALINE 5.44 bits
7.8% →
POTAE 4.41 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.34 bits
7.2% →
TRAIN 5.11 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 4.89 bits
3.2% →
DAILY 4.78 bits
2.7% →
LIANE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
ANILE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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