5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HUGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of huge: more huge

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 HUGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUGER 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,684 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R H in the 1st position and R in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANT COAST IRATE SAINT SLATE
Words starting with H Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUGER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,684 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUGER ranks #5,684 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
16
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

427
292
206
156
106
102
98
93
67
64
58
41
41
39
36
36
28
28
23
20
20
18
17
16
15
15
14
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUGER:

18% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
SALON 5.97 bits
12.4% →
SLANT 5.82 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.42 bits
6.6% →
IRATE 4.57 bits
4.5% →
SAINT 3.61 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
4.2% →
COAST 5.27 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
2.8% →
SLATE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
SADLY 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1G2E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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