5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUGGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡi/

Adjective

Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.

Alternative forms: huggie

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 HUGGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUGGY 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 53.7% of games, misses completely in 46.3%, and leaves about 579 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,431 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TALER CRATE STONE ALONE CARTE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.13 Entropy (bits)
579 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUGGY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,431 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUGGY ranks #14,431 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
593
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
456
6 guesses
31
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
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
27%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1091
243
225
198
95
83
43
39
36
30
30
27
18
18
17
13
11
10
10
9
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUGGY:

46% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.3% →
ARIEL 6.14 bits
10.3% →
TALER 4.87 bits
9.5% →
CRATE 5.78 bits
8.4% →
STONE 5.27 bits
4.0% →
ALONE 5.29 bits
3.5% →
CARTE 4.86 bits
1.8% →
SLART 3.21 bits
1.7% →
DAINE 4.42 bits
1.5% →
RANCE 4.50 bits
1.3% →
LAYER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1G2G2Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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