5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HYDRA

Yes, HYDRA was the Wordle answer on February 28, 2026 (Wordle #1715).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹə/

Noun

A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.

Noun

Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 28, 2026 (#1715).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HYDRA performs as a guess

HYDRA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,681 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__R_ H in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _Y__A Y in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLANE TOISE SALET CLOTE TUILE
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYDRA 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,681 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYDRA ranks #7,681 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
15%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
H Y D R A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HYDRA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
327
292
162
137
130
87
74
60
50
41
39
38
38
31
30
29
23
23
22
17
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYDRA:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
13.9% →
SLANE 5.64 bits
12.4% →
TOISE 5.41 bits
6.9% →
SALET 4.51 bits
5.8% →
CLOTE 5.31 bits
5.5% →
TOILE 4.52 bits
3.7% →
TUILE 5.38 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.20 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.76 bits
2.1% →
DINER 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4D2R1A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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