5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HETES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HETES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HETES 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,276 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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

CAROL RAILE LAIRY TALON RAINY SAINT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HETES 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,276 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HETES ranks #9,276 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
22
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
225
163
159
149
100
84
83
75
64
52
49
43
39
28
26
26
26
26
23
22
22
18
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HETES:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
CAROL 5.83 bits
9.5% →
RAILE 4.99 bits
6.9% →
LAIRY 5.00 bits
6.7% →
TALON 5.07 bits
6.3% →
RAINY 4.41 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 4.44 bits
3.6% →
PAIRE 4.62 bits
3.5% →
LAIRY 4.78 bits
3.2% →
CHURN 4.66 bits
2.7% →
CRATE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1T1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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