5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HYPOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hypo

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 HYPOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYPOS 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,779 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RONTE STANE TALER TRICE CRANE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYPOS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,779 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYPOS ranks #7,779 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
15
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
13%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

666
261
230
177
124
87
82
69
68
64
58
46
41
29
28
25
22
21
17
15
14
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12
11
11
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9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYPOS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
10% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
11.1% →
RONTE 5.22 bits
9.8% →
STANE 5.59 bits
7.5% →
TALER 4.87 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 5.56 bits
3.7% →
CRANE 5.41 bits
3.5% →
TALER 4.92 bits
2.9% →
STRAE 4.56 bits
2.9% →
STORE 4.55 bits
2.7% →
CARET 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4P3O1S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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