5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HONGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hong

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 HONGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HONGS 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,253 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE TALER ARIEL MARLE TRACE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HONGS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,253 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONGS ranks #4,253 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
22%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
267
164
144
116
111
81
74
58
55
54
52
42
37
29
29
27
21
20
20
18
18
14
14
14
14
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONGS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
11.3% →
PLATE 5.79 bits
7.0% →
TALER 5.27 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.53 bits
4.9% →
MARLE 4.82 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 5.68 bits
3.4% →
GLARE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
SERAL 4.64 bits
2.5% →
LIANE 4.41 bits
2.3% →
LIANE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1N1G2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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