Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HADST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hædst//hætst//hədst/

Verb

second-person singular simple past indicative of have

Alternative forms: hadest, haddest, had'st

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 HADST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HADST 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #836 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HADST 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#836 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HADST ranks #836 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,020
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
6

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

466
233
148
131
131
100
75
73
60
53
53
51
50
49
42
39
38
31
30
27
24
24
23
21
20
18
16
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HADST:

20% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
6% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8%
RIONE 6.00 bits
9.9%
LEARN 5.41 bits
6.3%
RIONE 5.28 bits
5.6%
DROLE 5.35 bits
5.6%
MORNE 4.80 bits
4.2%
NOIRE 5.28 bits
3.2%
CRINE 4.92 bits
3.1%
CLONE 5.07 bits
2.5%
TRICE 4.62 bits
2.2%
PLANE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1D2S1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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