5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOUFF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 HOUFF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOUFF 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 59.2% of games, misses completely in 40.8%, and leaves about 479 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,249 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__F O in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RANSE SLIER TALER CRATE SALET
Words starting with H Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.30 Entropy (bits)
479 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOUFF 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,249 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOUFF ranks #14,249 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
618
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
424
6 guesses
34
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
21%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

961
284
196
182
180
92
78
40
38
34
27
19
19
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5
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOUFF:

41% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.8% →
RAILE 6.11 bits
12.0% →
RANSE 5.26 bits
8.3% →
SLIER 5.06 bits
7.7% →
TALER 4.63 bits
7.6% →
CRATE 5.63 bits
3.9% →
SALET 4.94 bits
3.3% →
ARIEL 5.29 bits
1.7% →
TARSE 4.47 bits
1.6% →
CARET 4.10 bits
1.4% →
PARTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1U1F4F4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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