5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOUFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HOUFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOUFS 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,854 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE RAINE TALER TRACE FLIER
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOUFS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,854 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOUFS ranks #8,854 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
22%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
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214
146
142
120
77
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOUFS:

29% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
RAILE 6.13 bits
11.1% →
PLATE 5.73 bits
9.1% →
RAINE 5.27 bits
6.2% →
RAILE 5.01 bits
6.0% →
TALER 4.54 bits
5.1% →
TRACE 5.56 bits
3.3% →
FLIER 5.34 bits
2.8% →
PRONE 4.15 bits
2.5% →
SLIER 4.33 bits
2.3% →
TRACE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1U1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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