5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOPPY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒpi//ˈhɑpi/

Adjective

Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.

“a hoppy beer”

Adjective

Characterised by a hopping motion.

“a hoppy bunny”

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 HOPPY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOPPY 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 61.1% of games, misses completely in 38.9%, and leaves about 446 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,695 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL TALER CRATE RANSE SLANE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.42 Entropy (bits)
446 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOPPY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,695 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOPPY ranks #13,695 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
654
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
379
6 guesses
33
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
1 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
29%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

917
276
208
194
158
134
54
41
39
27
26
26
26
25
18
18
16
13
11
10
10
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOPPY:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
11.7% →
ARIEL 5.04 bits
8.8% →
TALER 4.77 bits
8.2% →
CRATE 5.65 bits
6.7% →
RANSE 4.78 bits
5.7% →
SLANE 5.57 bits
2.3% →
DROLE 3.77 bits
1.7% →
SIENT 4.14 bits
1.7% →
TARSE 4.44 bits
1.1% →
SUITE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1P3P3Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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