5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HANAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions.

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 HANAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANAP 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,137 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__P A in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT GOIER TORSE SUITE CRUET
Words starting with H Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANAP 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
#10,137 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANAP ranks #10,137 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
24
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

691
236
215
158
151
138
92
70
65
53
34
34
29
28
27
24
22
21
20
15
15
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANAP:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
10.0% →
ALERT 5.36 bits
9.1% →
GOIER 5.29 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 5.59 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 4.58 bits
5.9% →
SUITE 5.45 bits
3.9% →
CRUET 4.60 bits
3.0% →
GRISE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
SIDEY 4.63 bits
2.2% →
CRUSE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1A1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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