5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAIKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of haik

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 HAIKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAIKS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,824 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HA_KS H in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE ALERT TILDE PORTE TONER TRONE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAIKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,824 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAIKS ranks #7,824 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
843
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
13
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
279
197
176
168
111
92
89
57
48
47
45
40
34
31
31
29
29
26
21
21
21
19
17
15
15
15
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAIKS:

20% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
DROLE 5.91 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
8.4% →
TILDE 5.17 bits
7.5% →
PORTE 5.57 bits
7.1% →
TONER 4.73 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 4.89 bits
3.9% →
TRUCE 5.22 bits
3.8% →
PEART 4.79 bits
2.4% →
TRAIL 4.59 bits
2.0% →
STOLE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1I1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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