5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HOOGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOGO 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 49.6% of games, misses completely in 50.4%, and leaves about 657 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,680 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.00 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___O H in the 1st position and O in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SAICE TALER CRATE LATER DAINE
Words starting with H Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.94 Entropy (bits)
657 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOGO 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.

4.00 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,680 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOGO ranks #14,680 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
21
3 guesses
547
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
506
6 guesses
43
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
28%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1188
217
173
151
134
108
47
45
32
29
28
21
21
17
17
16
16
10
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6
5
5
5
5
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4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOGO:

50% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

50.4% →
RAILE 6.15 bits
9.2% →
SAICE 5.52 bits
7.3% →
TALER 4.62 bits
6.4% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
5.7% →
CRATE 4.85 bits
4.6% →
LATER 5.06 bits
2.0% →
DAINE 4.40 bits
1.9% →
TARSE 4.61 bits
1.4% →
CATER 4.44 bits
1.2% →
TARSE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1G2O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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