5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HIOIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HIOIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HIOIS 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,311 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TALER PLATE GRATE BRANE PLANE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HIOIS 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
0.71 Volatility
#11,311 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HIOIS ranks #11,311 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
284
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
3 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
255
249
159
126
103
94
85
68
64
60
44
32
32
27
26
26
22
21
21
19
19
19
18
18
14
11
7
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HIOIS:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
ALTER 5.97 bits
10.8% →
TALER 5.40 bits
10.6% →
PLATE 5.67 bits
6.7% →
GRATE 5.14 bits
5.3% →
BRANE 4.57 bits
4.4% →
PLANE 4.38 bits
4.0% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 4.84 bits
2.9% →
SERAL 4.63 bits
2.7% →
PLANE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1O1I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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