5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOHA

HOOHA 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

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 HOOHA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOHA 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 420 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE SIREN CRISE TRINE TENOR
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.35 Entropy (bits)
420 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOHA 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOHA ranks #14,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
575
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
460
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
27%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

48 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

729
612
160
126
121
93
81
65
45
31
31
29
28
22
22
21
20
16
15
15
9
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOHA:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
26% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
26.0% →
TARSE 5.41 bits
6.8% →
SIREN 4.62 bits
5.3% →
CRISE 5.37 bits
5.1% →
TRINE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TENOR 5.11 bits
3.4% →
CARSE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
MANOR 4.60 bits
1.9% →
MAIRE 4.14 bits
1.3% →
CLARY 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1H4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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