5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɛkst/

Adjective

Cursed; afflicted with bad luck.

Verb

simple past and past participle of hex

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 HEXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEXED 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 406 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,574 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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 DROIT SONAR
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
406 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEXED 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,574 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEXED ranks #13,574 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
629
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
354
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

852
355
196
167
108
100
67
56
52
36
33
30
30
28
28
25
19
14
12
11
10
9
9
8
7
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEXED:

36% chance
Suggested:
SALON
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
SALON 5.82 bits
15.1% →
SLART 5.59 bits
8.3% →
COAST 5.32 bits
7.1% →
SOLAR 4.55 bits
4.6% →
DROIT 4.98 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.82 bits
2.8% →
SONAR 4.59 bits
2.4% →
SAICE 4.65 bits
2.2% →
RAINE 4.31 bits
1.5% →
STEER 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1X8E1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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