5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HOAST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A cough.

Verb

To cough.

Noun

Obsolete form of host.

Verb

Obsolete form of host.

Alternative forms: haust, host

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 HOAST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOAST 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___T H in the 1st position and T in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LINER MARLE CRINE DROLE SLIER DRICE
Words starting with H Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOAST 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOAST ranks #375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,045
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
243
134
119
113
110
71
68
62
60
53
42
42
35
33
33
31
26
25
24
23
23
23
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21
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18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOAST:

16% chance
Suggested:
LINER
10% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
LINER 5.95 bits
10.3% →
MARLE 5.24 bits
5.7% →
CRINE 5.23 bits
5.0% →
DROLE 4.59 bits
4.8% →
SLIER 5.15 bits
4.7% →
DRICE 4.76 bits
3.0% →
TRITE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
BARON 4.54 bits
2.6% →
TARTE 4.68 bits
2.5% →
URINE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1A1S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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