5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /heɪks/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hake

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 HAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAKES 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,813 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HA_ES H in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT RIONE TRAIL OLDER DEALT SNOUT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAKES 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
0.69 Volatility
#8,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAKES ranks #8,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
785
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
19
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
260
198
176
146
128
127
98
95
61
43
42
41
40
38
37
34
31
31
24
23
19
18
18
17
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAKES:

15% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
11% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
DROIT 5.68 bits
11.0% →
RIONE 5.16 bits
8.4% →
TRAIL 5.37 bits
7.5% →
OLDER 4.22 bits
6.2% →
DEALT 4.86 bits
5.4% →
SNOUT 5.05 bits
5.4% →
RAINY 3.96 bits
4.2% →
TOUCH 4.91 bits
4.0% →
SNORE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
SLART 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1K5E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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