5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOGAN

HOGAN 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: /ˈhoʊ.ɡən/

Noun

A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.

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 HOGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOGAN 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,002 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___N H in the 1st position and N in the 5th position H__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRICE STIRE SILER CRISE
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOGAN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,002 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOGAN ranks #6,002 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
13
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
353
155
128
124
108
92
78
70
60
50
42
37
36
31
30
25
23
22
22
19
19
18
17
17
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14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOGAN:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SLIER 6.14 bits
15.0% →
TARSE 5.56 bits
6.6% →
TRICE 5.20 bits
5.4% →
STIRE 5.10 bits
5.3% →
SILER 4.53 bits
4.6% →
CRISE 5.41 bits
3.9% →
TALER 4.69 bits
3.3% →
SAINE 4.25 bits
3.0% →
CARSE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1G2A1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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