5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HYTHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hʌɪð//hɔɪv/

Noun

A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.

Alternative forms: hithe

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 HYTHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYTHE 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,943 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ARIEL SORAL SAINT SOLAR SLEER
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYTHE 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYTHE ranks #13,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
594
4 guesses
1,330
5 guesses
360
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

508
320
302
219
215
119
102
68
66
57
42
40
32
28
27
20
16
16
13
11
10
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9
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8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYTHE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
13% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
SLAIN 6.00 bits
13.6% →
ARIEL 5.11 bits
12.8% →
SORAL 4.84 bits
9.3% →
SAINT 5.42 bits
9.1% →
SOLAR 4.82 bits
5.0% →
SLEER 4.71 bits
4.3% →
ROACH 5.03 bits
2.9% →
DEARE 4.38 bits
2.8% →
STAIR 4.16 bits
2.4% →
SONAR 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4T1H4E1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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