5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

HORDE

Yes, HORDE was the Wordle answer on May 3, 2023 (Wordle #683).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɔːd//hɔɹd//hoːd/

Noun

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

Noun

A large number of people or things.

“We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.”

Verb

To travel en masse; to flock.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 3, 2023 (#683).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HORDE performs as a guess

HORDE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,985 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__D_ H in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL SLANT ALTER SALTY ARSON CRAPE
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HORDE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,985 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HORDE ranks #1,985 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
36%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G N A S H
H O R D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HORDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

373
172
166
163
127
115
102
84
81
57
54
51
40
40
36
33
29
24
23
23
23
23
23
23
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HORDE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
ALTER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
SNAIL 6.02 bits
7.3% →
SLANT 5.59 bits
7.0% →
ALTER 4.36 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 5.04 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.50 bits
3.4% →
ARSON 4.22 bits
2.4% →
CRAPE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1R1D2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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