5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HONGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒŋi/

Noun

The Maori greeting of touching noses.

Verb

To perform the Maori greeting of touching noses.

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 HONGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HONGI 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,226 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___I H in the 1st position and I in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__I O in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

LEAST SALET TRACE TALER CARSE SATER
Words starting with H Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% 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 HONGI 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
0.68 Volatility
#6,226 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONGI ranks #6,226 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
14
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
298
184
140
139
120
79
69
59
44
40
38
33
28
28
28
27
26
26
23
23
18
17
14
12
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONGI:

26% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
13% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
LEAST 6.24 bits
12.6% →
SALET 5.42 bits
7.8% →
TRACE 5.26 bits
5.9% →
TALER 4.76 bits
5.9% →
CARSE 5.66 bits
5.1% →
LEAST 5.27 bits
3.4% →
SATER 4.97 bits
2.9% →
GRATE 4.99 bits
2.5% →
SNARE 4.25 bits
1.9% →
TRICE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1N1G2I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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