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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOWFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of howf

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 HOWFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOWFS 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 65.0% of games, misses completely in 35.0%, and leaves about 379 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,119 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TRINE TALER TRICE SERAL
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
379 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOWFS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,119 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOWFS ranks #11,119 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
18%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

826
315
222
139
118
95
67
64
52
42
39
28
26
23
22
22
22
21
19
17
15
15
13
13
9
9
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOWFS:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.0% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
13.4% →
STALE 5.60 bits
9.4% →
TRINE 5.22 bits
5.9% →
TALER 4.57 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.41 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.45 bits
2.8% →
SERAL 4.48 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.24 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.97 bits
1.8% →
URITE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1W4F4S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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