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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HALFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of half (alternative form of halves).

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 HALFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HALFS 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__F_ H in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE RONTE TRONE GOIER TONEY TIARE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HALFS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,474 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HALFS ranks #4,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
230
215
179
148
127
120
90
59
49
49
40
39
37
29
29
26
26
24
20
19
18
15
14
13
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HALFS:

22% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
RIONE 6.12 bits
9.8% →
RONTE 5.61 bits
9.1% →
TRONE 5.63 bits
7.6% →
GOIER 5.08 bits
6.3% →
TONEY 4.79 bits
5.4% →
TIARE 4.61 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.31 bits
3.8% →
PEART 4.93 bits
2.5% →
GOIER 4.80 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1L1F4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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