5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOWBE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Alternative form of howbeit.

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 HOWBE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOWBE 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,284 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__B_ H in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL ALTER STAIR ARSON LAIRY CHART
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOWBE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,284 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOWBE ranks #9,284 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
9
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:
EO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
367
240
186
122
115
66
56
48
45
41
38
32
32
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28
28
26
26
25
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15
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10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOWBE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SNAIL 5.94 bits
15.6% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
10.2% →
STAIR 5.01 bits
7.9% →
ARSON 5.13 bits
5.2% →
LAIRY 4.38 bits
4.9% →
CHART 5.09 bits
2.8% →
SAULT 4.77 bits
2.4% →
BLAER 4.69 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 3.91 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1W4B3E1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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