5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HETHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of heth

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 HETHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HETHS 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 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,178 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE LAIRY TALON LEARE PAIRE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HETHS 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,178 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HETHS ranks #12,178 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
673
4 guesses
1,329
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
26
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
19%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
418
163
159
128
121
100
100
70
54
43
41
39
30
30
27
26
24
22
21
17
17
14
13
13
13
12
10
9
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HETHS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
18% 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
17.7% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
6.9% →
LAIRY 5.00 bits
6.7% →
TALON 5.07 bits
5.4% →
LEARE 4.62 bits
5.1% →
PAIRE 4.95 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 4.44 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
CHURN 4.66 bits
2.3% →
STEAL 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1T1H4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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