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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HOVEL

Yes, HOVEL was the Wordle answer on November 26, 2025 (Wordle #1621).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒvəl//ˈhʌvəl//ˈhɑvəl/

Noun

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Noun

A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Verb

To put in a hovel; to shelter.

Verb

To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.

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: November 26, 2025 (#1621).

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

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How HOVEL performs as a guess

HOVEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,618 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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Useful pattern pages

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

H___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TIARE ARSON SAUCY STAIR BLATE
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOVEL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,618 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOVEL ranks #7,618 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
14
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
V I N Y L
H O V E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HOVEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
332
168
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148
123
116
106
62
59
48
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOVEL:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SAINT 6.18 bits
14.1% →
TIARE 5.45 bits
7.1% →
ARSON 5.25 bits
6.8% →
SAUCY 4.89 bits
6.3% →
STAIR 4.61 bits
5.2% →
BLATE 4.54 bits
4.9% →
CHART 5.20 bits
4.5% →
STARY 4.44 bits
2.6% →
SNARE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
CRATE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1V4E1L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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