5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river

Noun

A glen with steep, overhanging sides; a cleugh

Alternative forms: heuch

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 HEUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEUGH 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 346 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,845 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SOLAR SLART SURLY ROANY SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
346 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEUGH 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,845 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEUGH ranks #13,845 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
30
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

669
528
167
143
91
80
74
72
69
59
56
35
23
22
21
21
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEUGH:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
22% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
TRAIL 5.96 bits
22.4% →
SOLAR 5.32 bits
7.1% →
SLART 4.88 bits
6.1% →
SURLY 4.64 bits
3.9% →
ROANY 5.07 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
3.1% →
TARSE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
STAIR 4.89 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.62 bits
2.5% →
SUETE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1U1G2H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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