5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOOEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhuː.i/

Noun

Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).

“I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.”

Noun

A hog-tie performed in a rodeo show.

Alternative forms: hooie

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 HOOEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOEY 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,998 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___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

Try next

SLART SNAIL STAIR SAULT CHART BARON
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOEY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,998 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOEY ranks #12,998 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
349
6 guesses
39
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
46%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
432
216
193
127
98
91
82
73
55
52
41
40
35
29
26
25
19
17
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
11
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOEY:

19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SLART 5.67 bits
18.3% →
SNAIL 6.11 bits
9.2% →
STAIR 4.58 bits
8.2% →
SAULT 4.68 bits
5.4% →
CHART 5.16 bits
4.2% →
BARON 5.05 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.69 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.54 bits
3.1% →
TEASE 4.74 bits
2.3% →
LEARE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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