5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HIVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /haɪvz/

Noun

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

Noun

plural of hive

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hive

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 HIVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HIVES 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SLANT TRAIN ALTER SLART
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HIVES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HIVES ranks #9,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
319
181
181
165
121
94
79
64
62
56
45
36
35
27
26
26
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
16
13
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HIVES:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TALON 5.77 bits
13.5% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
7.7% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
7.7% →
TRAIN 5.37 bits
7.0% →
ALTER 4.36 bits
5.1% →
SLART 4.96 bits
4.0% →
TORCH 5.08 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.57 bits
2.7% →
STINK 4.46 bits
2.6% →
MINTY 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1V4E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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