5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HINNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.ni/

Noun

The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

Verb

To whinny

Noun

A term of endearment usually for women.

Alternative forms: hinney, henny

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 HINNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HINNY 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 377 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,779 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__N_ H in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SORAL CRATE SOLED TRADE REAST
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
377 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HINNY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,779 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HINNY ranks #12,779 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
38
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
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
34%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
253
221
193
129
92
90
60
46
42
36
35
27
25
21
20
17
15
15
15
11
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HINNY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
TARSE 6.24 bits
10.7% →
TARSE 5.42 bits
9.4% →
SORAL 4.85 bits
8.2% →
CRATE 5.75 bits
5.5% →
SORAL 5.18 bits
3.9% →
SOLED 4.62 bits
3.8% →
TRADE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
REAST 4.65 bits
2.0% →
CARTE 4.64 bits
1.8% →
GORSE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1N1N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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