5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of hox

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 HOXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOXED 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,329 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___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position HO_ED H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL SLART ARSON STAIR CHART SALTY
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOXED 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
0.70 Volatility
#11,329 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOXED ranks #11,329 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
17
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)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
408
202
180
134
115
81
75
70
65
42
35
31
31
30
23
22
21
20
20
18
17
15
15
14
12
12
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOXED:

23% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
SNAIL 5.97 bits
17.3% →
SLART 5.82 bits
8.6% →
ARSON 5.23 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
5.7% →
CHART 5.10 bits
4.9% →
SALTY 4.53 bits
3.4% →
GEARE 4.59 bits
3.2% →
SNARE 4.27 bits
3.0% →
TEASE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
DRAIN 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1X8E1D2
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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