5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

HUSKY

HUSKY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 84.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌs.ki/

Adjective

Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.

Adjective

Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.

Noun

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms: huskie

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 HUSKY performs as a guess

HUSKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 64.6% of games, misses completely in 35.4%, and leaves about 374 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,299 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE DROLE CARTE TRONE TARGE
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
374 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUSKY 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
#11,299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUSKY ranks #11,299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
276
6 guesses
23
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)
65%
Green tile
26%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U S K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HUSKY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

835
262
202
151
147
81
74
72
58
40
35
34
34
29
27
21
19
17
16
14
13
13
11
9
8
8
8
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUSKY:

35% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.4% →
ARIEL 6.19 bits
11.1% →
TIARE 5.60 bits
8.6% →
DROLE 4.99 bits
6.4% →
CARTE 5.70 bits
6.2% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
3.4% →
TARGE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 5.03 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.46 bits
1.7% →
RIONE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1S1K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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