5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOIKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hoik

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 HOIKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOIKS 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 76.1% of games, misses completely in 23.9%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,298 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HO_KS H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER LINER STARE TALER MARLE GRATE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOIKS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,298 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOIKS ranks #8,298 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
244
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

563
220
217
197
157
124
87
62
59
51
48
46
40
37
33
31
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25
22
22
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOIKS:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.9% →
ALTER 6.02 bits
9.3% →
LINER 5.23 bits
9.2% →
STARE 5.62 bits
8.4% →
TALER 5.26 bits
6.7% →
MARLE 4.72 bits
5.3% →
GRATE 5.09 bits
3.7% →
TRACE 5.37 bits
2.6% →
SERAL 4.71 bits
2.5% →
PEART 4.36 bits
2.2% →
BRACE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1I1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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