5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HERTZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɜːts//hɜːs//hɝts/

Noun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.

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 HERTZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HERTZ 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 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,716 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position

Try next

SLAIN ALINE AINEE ARSON SAINT SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HERTZ 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
0.71 Volatility
#9,716 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HERTZ ranks #9,716 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
24
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
23%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
293
207
200
166
90
90
77
73
53
52
49
43
41
39
31
30
30
26
22
20
18
17
16
13
13
12
11
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HERTZ:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SLAIN 5.95 bits
12.4% →
ALINE 5.48 bits
8.8% →
AINEE 4.32 bits
8.5% →
ARSON 4.97 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.94 bits
3.8% →
COALY 4.84 bits
3.3% →
LIANE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.58 bits
2.2% →
COALY 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1R1T1Z10
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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