5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HACEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of háček.

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 HACEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HACEK 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,900 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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 4th position _A__K A in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY RINSE TRAIL SENOR SLART SONLY
Words starting with H Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HACEK 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,900 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HACEK ranks #8,900 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
12
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
304
226
192
157
137
89
69
51
41
39
37
36
36
27
24
24
23
23
22
18
18
18
17
17
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HACEK:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
13% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SOILY 5.62 bits
12.9% →
RINSE 5.23 bits
9.6% →
TRAIL 5.45 bits
8.1% →
SENOR 4.40 bits
6.7% →
SLART 5.20 bits
5.8% →
SONLY 4.64 bits
3.8% →
SHORT 5.06 bits
2.9% →
SOILY 4.89 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 4.54 bits
1.7% →
CHURN 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1C3E1K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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