5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WAHOO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.hu/

Noun

Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

Noun

The winged elm, Ulmus alata.

Interjection

A cry of pleasure or enthusiasm.

Alternative forms: whahoo

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 WAHOO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WAHOO 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 71.1% of games, misses completely in 28.9%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,864 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

W___O W in the 1st position and O in the 5th position W__O_ W in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE CRUSE STILE CRISE TONAL
Words starting with W Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WAHOO 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WAHOO ranks #13,864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
389
6 guesses
31
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
3 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
23%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

681
396
259
218
144
80
66
63
38
35
35
33
28
26
24
23
20
19
19
13
13
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11
9
6
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WAHOO:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.9% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
16.8% →
SLATE 5.48 bits
11.0% →
CRUSE 5.28 bits
9.2% →
STILE 4.76 bits
6.1% →
CRISE 5.28 bits
3.4% →
TONAL 4.42 bits
2.8% →
STARE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
1.6% →
SIREN 4.16 bits
1.5% →
CARET 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

W4A1H4O1O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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