5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hufs//hʊfs/

Noun

plural of hoof

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hoof

Alternative forms: hooves

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 HOOFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOFS 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 62.5% of games, misses completely in 37.5%, and leaves about 420 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,558 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE TALER TRICE MANOR ARIEL
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
420 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOFS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,558 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOFS ranks #12,558 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
26%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

885
342
142
140
135
99
91
75
42
39
36
24
22
19
18
16
15
15
13
13
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9
9
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7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOFS:

38% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.5% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
14.5% →
TIARE 5.63 bits
6.0% →
TALER 4.53 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 5.55 bits
5.7% →
MANOR 5.19 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.44 bits
3.9% →
PLANE 4.69 bits
3.2% →
SHARE 4.48 bits
1.8% →
CRUET 4.07 bits
1.7% →
TIARE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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