5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HISSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɪsi/

Adjective

Accompanied with hisses.

Adjective

Making a hissing sound.

Noun

A tantrum, a fit.

“get into a hissy”

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 HISSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HISSY 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,389 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER CRANE MARLE PEART CARTE RONTE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HISSY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,389 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HISSY ranks #12,389 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
32%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

785
277
209
206
136
102
66
62
49
34
32
30
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HISSY:

33% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
9% chance
Suggested:
MARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
ALTER 6.10 bits
11.7% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
8.9% →
MARLE 4.86 bits
8.7% →
PEART 5.47 bits
5.8% →
CARTE 5.67 bits
4.3% →
RONTE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.51 bits
2.6% →
LAREE 4.67 bits
2.1% →
ROATE 4.41 bits
1.4% →
PALET 2.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1S1S1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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