5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HYDEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

hydroelectric

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 HYDEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYDEL 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,219 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__L Y in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROAST SONAR SAUNT TORCH COAST
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYDEL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,219 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYDEL ranks #7,219 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
209
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:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
334
155
155
148
147
118
76
75
64
61
60
36
34
32
29
25
25
24
20
16
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYDEL:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TRAIN 6.23 bits
14.2% →
ROAST 5.63 bits
6.6% →
SONAR 4.63 bits
6.6% →
SAUNT 4.86 bits
6.3% →
TORCH 5.29 bits
6.2% →
COAST 5.14 bits
5.0% →
BLASE 4.58 bits
3.2% →
SONAR 4.55 bits
3.2% →
DRAIN 5.21 bits
2.7% →
CARTE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4D2E1L1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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