5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HORSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːsi//ˈhɔɹsi/

Adjective

Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

Adjective

Involved in breeding or riding horses.

Noun

A child's term or name for a horse.

Noun

A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.

Alternative forms: horsey, horsie

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 HORSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HORSY 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,254 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE TRIED LEANT ANILE NAICE ATONE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HORSY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,254 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HORSY ranks #4,254 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
206
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
315
186
140
136
105
103
81
46
44
41
40
37
36
36
32
30
25
25
24
22
21
19
19
18
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HORSY:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
ALINE 6.24 bits
13.4% →
TRIED 5.35 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.58 bits
5.9% →
ANILE 4.53 bits
5.8% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
4.5% →
NAICE 5.26 bits
4.4% →
ATONE 4.26 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 4.73 bits
2.0% →
PALET 4.03 bits
1.9% →
STANE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1R1S1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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