5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A whooshing sound.

Verb

To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.

Noun

A stew made from pemmican or other meat, thickened with biscuit.

Alternative forms: hooch

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 HOOSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOSH 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 57.5% of games, misses completely in 42.5%, and leaves about 500 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,046 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___H H in the 1st position and H in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE TALER MANOR PLANE PARTE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
500 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOSH 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
#14,046 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOSH ranks #14,046 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
616
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
368
6 guesses
40
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
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
32%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1003
296
158
141
105
87
85
66
49
40
34
24
24
22
20
18
16
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
7
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOSH:

43% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.5% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
12.6% →
PLATE 5.49 bits
6.7% →
TALER 4.53 bits
6.0% →
MANOR 5.17 bits
4.5% →
PLANE 4.63 bits
3.7% →
PARTE 5.05 bits
3.6% →
TRICE 5.45 bits
2.8% →
LATER 4.55 bits
2.1% →
ARIEL 4.17 bits
1.7% →
REACT 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1S1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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