5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HUSHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

hushed; quiet

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 HUSHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUSHY 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 60.9% of games, misses completely in 39.1%, and leaves about 450 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,904 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TALER TRONE CARTE LATER
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.40 Entropy (bits)
450 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUSHY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,904 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUSHY ranks #13,904 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
379
6 guesses
35
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:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
26%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

922
302
217
156
143
86
80
66
40
40
39
30
24
21
21
18
17
17
13
10
8
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6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUSHY:

39% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.1% →
ARIEL 6.17 bits
12.8% →
TIARE 5.58 bits
9.2% →
TALER 4.87 bits
6.6% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
6.1% →
CARTE 5.64 bits
3.6% →
LATER 4.85 bits
3.4% →
STRAE 4.69 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.43 bits
1.7% →
RIONE 4.40 bits
1.7% →
MARLE 3.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1S1H4Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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