5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOOTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Characterised by a hooting sound.

Adjective

Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter.

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 HOOTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOOTY 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,735 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL LAIDE CARLE MANOR CRANE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOOTY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,735 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOOTY ranks #11,735 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
32
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:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
38%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
295
195
136
108
105
104
59
41
39
39
37
36
35
25
24
22
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14
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11
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8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOOTY:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
12.5% →
ARIEL 5.66 bits
8.3% →
LAIDE 4.71 bits
5.8% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
MANOR 5.18 bits
4.4% →
CRANE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.68 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 3.58 bits
1.7% →
SABLE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1O1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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