5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hjuːd/

Verb

simple past of hew

Verb

past participle of hew (alternative to hewn)

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 HEWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEWED 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 360 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLART COAST SOLAR DAILY SORAL
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
360 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEWED 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEWED ranks #11,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
29%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

800
341
175
149
98
95
62
61
50
48
35
32
31
30
27
26
23
23
22
15
14
13
11
11
10
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEWED:

34% chance
Suggested:
SALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
SALON 5.80 bits
14.5% →
SLART 5.60 bits
7.4% →
COAST 5.28 bits
6.3% →
SOLAR 4.51 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.83 bits
4.0% →
DAILY 4.88 bits
2.6% →
SORAL 4.99 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
2.1% →
RAINE 4.17 bits
2.0% →
TARSE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1W4E1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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