5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HYOID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/

Adjective

Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).

“This stick has a hyoid shape.”

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the hyoid bone.

Noun

Ellipsis of hyoid bone.

Noun

A curved line resembling the English uppercase letter U.

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 HYOID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYOID 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,610 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___D H in the 1st position and D in the 5th position H__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__D Y in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SLANE TALER SLANT CARSE DEARE
Words starting with H Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% 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 HYOID 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
#7,610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYOID ranks #7,610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
24%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
240
199
165
140
140
86
66
57
50
47
41
38
37
37
33
32
26
24
21
20
19
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYOID:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TARSE 6.18 bits
10.2% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
8.4% →
TALER 5.50 bits
7.0% →
TALER 5.14 bits
5.9% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
5.9% →
CARSE 5.70 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 5.00 bits
2.8% →
DEARE 4.83 bits
2.4% →
WRITE 4.39 bits
2.1% →
STILE 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4O1I1D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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