5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HANCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɑːns/

Noun

A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.

Noun

The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch.

Verb

To raise, to elevate.

Alternative forms: hanch, haunch

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 HANCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANCE 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,973 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__C_ H in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

LORIS DETER TRAIL SOILY SATYR METAL
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANCE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,973 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANCE ranks #1,973 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
239
173
148
107
99
85
78
77
75
59
59
38
36
34
33
29
29
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27
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANCE:

14% chance
Suggested:
LORIS
10% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
LORIS 5.62 bits
10.1% →
DETER 5.31 bits
7.3% →
TRAIL 5.39 bits
6.3% →
SOILY 4.53 bits
4.5% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
4.2% →
SATYR 4.14 bits
3.6% →
METAL 4.72 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.42 bits
3.3% →
SHORT 5.03 bits
3.2% →
SIREN 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1C3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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