5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOKEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊki//ˈhoʊki/

Adjective

Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.

“When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.”

Adjective

Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

“Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.”

Alternative forms: hokie, hoaky, hoky

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 HOKEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOKEY 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,244 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position HO_EY H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

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SLART TRAIL ARSON STAIR SAULT CHART
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOKEY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,244 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOKEY ranks #12,244 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
29
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
361
206
205
170
112
96
80
71
70
52
50
38
32
31
31
27
23
18
16
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
11
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOKEY:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SLART 5.68 bits
15.3% →
TRAIL 6.21 bits
8.7% →
ARSON 5.18 bits
8.7% →
STAIR 4.56 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 4.64 bits
4.7% →
CHART 5.06 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.50 bits
3.4% →
SNARE 4.37 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
3.0% →
TEASE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1K5E1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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