5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hoʊps//həʊps/

Noun

plural of hope

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hope

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 HOPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOPES 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HO_ES H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LEARE ADORN ARIEL SAULT LAIRY
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOPES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOPES ranks #4,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
17
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
331
164
156
144
114
99
76
61
53
49
48
43
41
41
39
33
27
25
25
20
19
17
17
16
16
16
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOPES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ADORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRAIL 5.94 bits
14.0% →
LEARE 5.49 bits
7.0% →
ADORN 5.12 bits
6.6% →
ARIEL 4.22 bits
6.1% →
SAULT 5.32 bits
4.8% →
LAIRY 4.33 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.90 bits
3.2% →
CHART 4.72 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 4.36 bits
2.2% →
PLAIT 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1P3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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