5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HALAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /həˈlɑːl//həˈlæl/

Adjective

Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.

Adjective

In accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.

Adverb

In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.

Verb

To make halal.

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 HALAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HALAL 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 64.0% of games, misses completely in 36.0%, and leaves about 386 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,013 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position H__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TRONE SLICE TRICE TRINE SPANE
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
386 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HALAL 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,013 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HALAL ranks #13,013 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
28
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

849
237
199
184
182
93
66
55
42
38
36
34
28
24
23
22
19
17
17
16
15
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10
10
9
9
9
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HALAL:

36% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.0% →
RIONE 6.08 bits
10.1% →
TRONE 5.45 bits
8.4% →
SLICE 5.03 bits
7.8% →
TRICE 5.58 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 4.94 bits
3.9% →
SPANE 4.53 bits
2.8% →
TRODE 4.48 bits
2.3% →
CRISE 4.52 bits
1.8% →
PORTE 4.07 bits
1.6% →
TOISE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1L1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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