5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOVEA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% 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 HOVEA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOVEA 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 88.1% of games, misses completely in 11.9%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,714 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SPILT STIRE SLART SNORT SILER
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOVEA 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOVEA ranks #10,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
23
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
280
257
212
149
148
114
87
75
65
58
56
46
38
30
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27
21
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOVEA:

13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
12% chance
Suggested:
SPILT
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
11.9% →
SPILT 5.67 bits
10.9% →
STIRE 5.22 bits
9.0% →
SLART 5.13 bits
6.3% →
SNORT 4.81 bits
6.3% →
SILER 4.50 bits
4.8% →
LAIRY 3.72 bits
3.7% →
SMITH 4.59 bits
3.2% →
TALON 4.46 bits
2.8% →
TRINE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1V4E1A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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