5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HANDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hæn(d)z/[hɛəndz][heəndz]

Noun

plural of hand

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hand

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 HANDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANDS 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,286 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__D_ H in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT PORTE GOIER CLOTE DROLE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANDS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,286 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANDS ranks #3,286 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
241
215
140
132
126
111
94
67
57
54
53
50
42
35
33
31
30
29
24
21
19
18
17
17
17
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANDS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
10.2% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
9.1% →
PORTE 5.64 bits
5.9% →
GOIER 5.45 bits
5.6% →
CLOTE 4.61 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 5.37 bits
4.7% →
TRUCE 5.33 bits
4.0% →
PEART 4.92 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.80 bits
2.4% →
ROUET 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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