5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HAINT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /heɪnt/

Verb

Alternative form of haunt.

Noun

A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.

Contraction

Alternative form of ain't.

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 HAINT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAINT 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #471 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___T H in the 1st position and T in the 5th position H__N_ H in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER BLARE SOLED COLEY DORSE PROLE
Words starting with H Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAINT 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAINT ranks #471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,055
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
11
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:
AINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
38%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
232
124
123
96
94
88
74
63
62
57
54
50
49
43
42
41
39
33
33
26
24
24
21
21
19
18
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAINT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
10% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
5% chance
Suggested:
SOLED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SOLER 5.98 bits
9.8% →
BLARE 5.37 bits
5.3% →
SOLED 5.03 bits
5.2% →
COLEY 4.66 bits
4.1% →
SOLER 5.34 bits
4.0% →
DORSE 5.04 bits
3.7% →
PROLE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
CORSE 5.21 bits
2.7% →
SERAL 4.78 bits
2.6% →
SOREE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1I1N1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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