5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HERES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of here

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 HERES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERES 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HE_ES H in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN SAINT ALINE TOILE TOUCH
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERES ranks #7,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
842
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
19
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
222
201
186
109
100
98
98
74
66
53
52
49
39
29
25
23
21
20
19
19
19
18
17
16
14
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERES:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TALON 5.80 bits
9.4% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
8.5% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
7.9% →
ALINE 5.42 bits
4.6% →
TOILE 3.52 bits
4.2% →
TOUCH 4.91 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
4.2% →
TRAPE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
LADEN 4.45 bits
2.8% →
DEALT 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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