5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HITHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌɪð/

Noun

A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.

Alternative forms: hythe

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 HITHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HITHE 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,345 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR SORAL SNAIL SNORT SLART
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HITHE 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
0.70 Volatility
#11,345 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HITHE ranks #11,345 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
19
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

485
303
222
179
165
107
90
75
70
60
50
45
42
42
35
35
27
23
22
22
22
19
17
17
15
15
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HITHE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
SALON 5.83 bits
12.8% →
SOLAR 5.21 bits
9.4% →
SORAL 4.87 bits
7.6% →
SNAIL 5.13 bits
7.0% →
SNORT 5.28 bits
4.5% →
SLART 4.93 bits
3.8% →
LURCH 4.86 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
3.0% →
SADLY 4.14 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1T1H4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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