5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOWSO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

However, in whatever manner.

Adverb

However, to whatever extent.

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 HOWSO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOWSO 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 445 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,762 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___O H in the 1st position and O in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE TALER TRICE PARTE ARIEL
Words starting with H Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
445 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOWSO 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,762 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOWSO ranks #12,762 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
23%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

940
272
184
134
129
83
55
48
47
40
37
27
25
24
24
23
20
19
19
19
18
15
12
11
11
10
9
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOWSO:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
11.5% →
PLATE 5.53 bits
7.8% →
TALER 5.20 bits
5.7% →
TALER 4.52 bits
5.5% →
TRICE 5.47 bits
3.5% →
PARTE 5.00 bits
2.3% →
ARIEL 4.95 bits
2.0% →
RAIKE 4.20 bits
2.0% →
REACT 4.23 bits
1.7% →
TIARE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1W4S1O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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