5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

HYDRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdro//ˈhʌɪdro/

Adjective

Clipping of hydroelectric.

Adjective

Clipping of hydroponic.

“hydro watercress”

Noun

Clipping of hydropower (“hydroelectric power”).

Noun

Clipping of hydroelectricity.

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 HYDRO performs as a guess

HYDRO 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,757 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___O H in the 1st position and O in the 5th position H__R_ H in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _Y__O Y in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE TEASE SAULT SLICE TRACE ALINE
Words starting with H Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYDRO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,757 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYDRO ranks #6,757 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
16
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
15%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
H Y D R O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HYDRO in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
318
211
153
149
136
87
55
53
51
49
42
39
38
31
31
25
21
20
20
18
15
14
13
13
12
12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYDRO:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
SLANE 6.43 bits
13.5% →
TEASE 5.35 bits
8.9% →
SLANE 5.30 bits
6.5% →
SAULT 4.82 bits
6.3% →
SLICE 5.43 bits
5.8% →
TRACE 4.22 bits
3.7% →
ALINE 5.39 bits
2.3% →
DAINE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
LEAST 5.03 bits
2.2% →
SOOLE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4D2R1O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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