5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOVEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊvən//ˈhuːvən/

Verb

alternative past participle of heave

Adjective

Affected with the disease called hoove.

Alternative forms: hove, heaved

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 HOVEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOVEN 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,654 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.

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___N H in the 1st position and N in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR ACTOR GIANT SADLY ANISE
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOVEN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,654 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOVEN ranks #7,654 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
382
160
158
152
120
112
80
67
53
35
35
33
30
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27
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOVEN:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SLART 5.96 bits
16.2% →
SLART 5.83 bits
6.8% →
STAIR 4.54 bits
6.7% →
ACTOR 4.99 bits
6.4% →
GIANT 5.13 bits
5.1% →
SLART 5.27 bits
4.7% →
SADLY 4.44 bits
3.4% →
ANISE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
TEASE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
PRATE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1V4E1N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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