5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HORAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of hora.

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 HORAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HORAH 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

STILE TRIED LEANT CLINE SLIDE TRINE
Words starting with H Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HORAH 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HORAH ranks #11,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
20
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:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
350
229
163
139
132
101
73
66
59
57
44
43
37
36
29
24
23
22
21
21
16
15
14
14
13
12
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HORAH:

19% chance
Suggested:
STILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
STILE 6.10 bits
14.8% →
STILE 5.48 bits
9.7% →
TRIED 5.14 bits
6.9% →
LEANT 4.47 bits
5.9% →
CLINE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
SLIDE 4.47 bits
4.3% →
TRINE 4.33 bits
3.1% →
STEAL 4.45 bits
2.8% →
SLICE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
SEINE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1R1A1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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