5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HAFIZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːfɪz/

Noun

A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an.

Alternative forms: hafis

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 HAFIZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAFIZ 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 320 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,677 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__Z A in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL ALERT RINSE TONEY CORSE CLOTE
Words starting with H Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
320 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAFIZ 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,677 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAFIZ ranks #13,677 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
389
6 guesses
18
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:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
388
300
210
140
80
67
63
57
51
36
35
34
31
24
18
16
15
11
10
10
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8
8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAFIZ:

28% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
13% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
SOREL 6.07 bits
16.5% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
12.7% →
RINSE 5.25 bits
8.9% →
TONEY 4.62 bits
5.9% →
CORSE 5.43 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.61 bits
2.7% →
LOURE 4.81 bits
2.4% →
TRICE 4.40 bits
2.2% →
SLIER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1F4I1Z10
Total: 20 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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