5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOAGY

HOAGY 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

Noun

Alternative form of hoagie.

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 HOAGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOAGY 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TALER TRICE SLICE SIDLE SIREN
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOAGY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOAGY ranks #7,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
40%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
282
199
180
129
118
117
81
80
57
54
46
40
35
28
27
26
25
24
22
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOAGY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SLIER 6.09 bits
12.0% →
TALER 5.57 bits
8.4% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
7.6% →
SLICE 5.05 bits
5.5% →
SIDLE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
SIREN 4.74 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.54 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.45 bits
3.4% →
SATED 3.94 bits
2.4% →
STILE 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1A1G2Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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