5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEXER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛksə(ɹ)/

Noun

One who casts a hex, or curse.

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 HEXER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEXER 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,458 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___R H in the 1st position and R in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN COAST SLANT SOILY SAULT SAINT
Words starting with H Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEXER 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
0.73 Volatility
#13,458 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEXER ranks #13,458 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
669
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
362
6 guesses
33
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:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

677
299
278
152
138
110
80
77
53
51
50
47
29
26
25
22
17
16
15
13
12
12
10
10
10
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEXER:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
COAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
SLAIN 5.90 bits
12.7% →
COAST 5.30 bits
11.8% →
SLANT 5.64 bits
6.4% →
COAST 5.23 bits
5.9% →
COAST 4.74 bits
4.7% →
SOILY 3.45 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.51 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.44 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.64 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1X8E1R1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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