5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOWAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /haˈweː//həˈweː//haˈwɛ/

Interjection

A general cry of encouragement.

“Howay man ye slowin' wa doon like!”

Alternative forms: haway, ho'way, ha'way

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 HOWAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOWAY 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

Across the six-turn solver test, it ranks #11,033 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE TRICE SIDLE SIREN LATER
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener

How HOWAY performs across the solver's possible answers. See the data page for the method.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,033 Opener rank
HOWAY ranks #11,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
783
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
17
Top-ranked in the six-turn solver test: SLANT (3.51 guesses on average in games solved within six). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
402
203
141
119
111
103
88
80
68
44
35
34
30
26
26
21
19
17
15
15
14
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOWAY:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
17% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
SLIER 6.04 bits
17.0% →
SLANE 5.41 bits
8.6% →
TRICE 5.19 bits
6.0% →
SIDLE 4.58 bits
5.0% →
SIREN 4.83 bits
4.7% →
TRICE 5.49 bits
4.4% →
LATER 4.52 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.01 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.44 bits
2.9% →
CRISE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1W4A1Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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