5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hove

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 HOVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOVES 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HO_ES H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LEARE SAULT TALON ARIEL SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOVES 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOVES ranks #10,467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
757
4 guesses
1,244
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
351
186
173
167
121
120
92
58
53
53
48
40
33
29
28
27
20
20
19
19
19
18
16
15
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOVES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
TRAIL 5.85 bits
14.9% →
LEARE 5.43 bits
7.9% →
SAULT 5.29 bits
7.3% →
TALON 5.04 bits
7.1% →
ARIEL 4.25 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
5.1% →
LAIRY 4.32 bits
3.9% →
CHART 4.77 bits
2.5% →
DRONE 4.35 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1V4E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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