5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAKUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 HAKUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAKUS 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,018 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__U_ H in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER ALERT SPITE TRINE DROLE TRICE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAKUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,018 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAKUS ranks #10,018 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
795
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
269
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
20%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

562
322
196
182
179
113
91
53
50
45
40
38
37
33
33
29
28
26
25
17
17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAKUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
LINER
14% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
LINER 5.92 bits
13.7% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
8.3% →
SPITE 5.51 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
7.6% →
DROLE 5.00 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.45 bits
3.9% →
PEART 4.88 bits
2.2% →
RONTE 4.35 bits
2.1% →
POLEY 4.10 bits
1.9% →
CLINE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1K5U1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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