5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HALVA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɑːlˈvɑː//ˈhɑːlvɑː//ˈxɑːlvə/

Noun

A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Alternative forms: khalva, halava, halavah, halawa

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 HALVA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HALVA 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 359 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,633 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__V_ H in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SLIER TRICE TRINE PLATE
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
359 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.8% 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 HALVA 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,633 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HALVA ranks #12,633 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
673
4 guesses
1,286
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
22%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

786
260
249
182
167
155
57
55
49
36
33
28
24
17
17
15
14
14
13
13
13
12
10
10
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HALVA:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
11.0% →
TRACE 5.53 bits
10.6% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
7.7% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
7.1% →
TRINE 4.94 bits
6.6% →
PLATE 4.59 bits
2.4% →
CRISE 4.62 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 4.35 bits
2.1% →
VISOR 4.80 bits
1.5% →
BRISE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1L1V4A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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