5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌks/

Noun

plural of huck

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of huck

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 HUCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUCKS 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 62.2% of games, misses completely in 37.8%, and leaves about 407 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,355 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE CARNE TRONE DROLE WRITE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
407 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUCKS 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
0.69 Volatility
#9,355 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUCKS ranks #9,355 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
253
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
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
16%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

891
295
146
129
100
90
68
67
46
45
45
41
31
29
27
25
22
18
18
15
12
12
12
9
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUCKS:

38% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CARNE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.8% →
ARIEL 6.20 bits
12.5% →
TIARE 5.74 bits
6.2% →
CARNE 5.50 bits
5.5% →
TRONE 5.35 bits
4.2% →
DROLE 4.39 bits
3.8% →
WRITE 5.30 bits
2.9% →
SLATE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.78 bits
2.0% →
ATONE 4.40 bits
1.9% →
BLAER 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1C3K5S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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