5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HAMZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".

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 HAMZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAMZA 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 57.5% of games, misses completely in 42.5%, and leaves about 535 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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 _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE LEANT TRINE SUITE ROUSE REAST
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.10 Entropy (bits)
535 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAMZA 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAMZA ranks #14,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
559
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
440
6 guesses
36
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:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
20%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1001
392
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196
117
66
51
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAMZA:

42% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
17% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.5% →
RIONE 5.96 bits
16.6% →
LEANT 5.43 bits
8.6% →
TRINE 4.88 bits
8.3% →
SUITE 5.31 bits
5.0% →
ROUSE 5.26 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.59 bits
2.2% →
REALM 4.63 bits
1.5% →
TOILE 4.28 bits
1.5% →
RONTE 4.48 bits
1.1% →
CONEY 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1M3Z10A1
Total: 19 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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