5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HIKOI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhiːkɔɪ/

Noun

A protest march, typically involving a long journey.

Verb

To participate in a hikoi.

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 HIKOI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HIKOI 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 66.2% of games, misses completely in 33.8%, and leaves about 392 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,082 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___I H in the 1st position and I in the 5th position H__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ALURE TRINE SLATE RANSE SLANE
Words starting with H Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
392 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HIKOI 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,082 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HIKOI ranks #14,082 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
618
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
374
6 guesses
37
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
3 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
18%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

798
361
293
150
124
99
98
64
55
36
35
31
30
26
17
15
15
13
10
9
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HIKOI:

34% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALURE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
TARSE 6.16 bits
15.3% →
ALURE 5.09 bits
12.4% →
TRINE 5.46 bits
6.4% →
SLATE 5.59 bits
5.3% →
RANSE 4.65 bits
4.2% →
SLANE 5.18 bits
4.2% →
TALER 4.95 bits
2.7% →
TRUCE 4.58 bits
2.3% →
POINT 4.43 bits
1.5% →
RANSE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1K5O1I1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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