5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HANGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaŋi/

Noun

A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones.

Noun

Food cooked in this way.

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 HANGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANGI 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,485 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___I H in the 1st position and I in the 5th position H__G_ H in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER ALERT STILE TORSE SORED CORSE
Words starting with H Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANGI 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,485 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANGI ranks #6,485 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
309
269
147
125
113
67
66
60
55
49
42
32
29
27
27
27
27
26
24
22
21
21
20
18
16
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANGI:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
SOLER 6.07 bits
13.1% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
11.4% →
STILE 5.35 bits
6.2% →
TORSE 4.81 bits
5.3% →
SORED 5.34 bits
4.8% →
CORSE 5.53 bits
2.8% →
STIRE 4.49 bits
2.8% →
REAST 4.54 bits
2.5% →
TRIAL 4.62 bits
2.3% →
CRAKE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1G2I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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