5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /huːps/

Noun

plural of hoop

Noun

Basketball.

“Let's shoot some hoops!”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hoop

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 HOOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOPS 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 63.8% of games, misses completely in 36.2%, and leaves about 383 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,812 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE MARLE TRICE MANOR ALINE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
383 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOPS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOPS ranks #10,812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
23
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)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

853
276
145
132
128
126
91
77
76
35
35
30
22
22
22
17
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
11
10
9
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOPS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
MARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.2% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.59 bits
6.1% →
MARLE 4.77 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 5.45 bits
5.3% →
MANOR 5.18 bits
3.9% →
ALINE 4.71 bits
3.3% →
STARE 5.03 bits
3.2% →
SLATE 4.53 bits
1.5% →
REACT 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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