5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhʊki/

Noun

Absence from school or work; truancy.

“Let's play hooky and go to the mall.”

Adjective

Full of hooks (in any sense).

“Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.”

Adjective

Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.

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 HOOKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOKY 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 58.1% of games, misses completely in 41.9%, and leaves about 483 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,016 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PALET CRATE MANOR CRUET SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.41 Entropy (bits)
483 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOKY 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,016 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOKY ranks #14,016 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
630
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
36
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
36%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

987
226
198
145
141
122
104
46
29
27
27
27
27
25
17
16
14
14
13
11
11
11
10
9
8
8
8
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOKY:

42% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
PALET
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
9.6% →
PALET 4.69 bits
8.4% →
CRATE 5.69 bits
6.1% →
MANOR 5.09 bits
6.0% →
CRUET 4.79 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
4.4% →
SLANT 5.12 bits
2.0% →
SLADE 3.67 bits
1.2% →
CARLE 4.42 bits
1.1% →
SLICE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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