5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HANKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hank

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 HANKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANKS 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HA_KS H in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT PORTE GOIER TRICE PEART
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANKS ranks #5,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
15
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)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

566
274
200
157
143
114
88
68
55
53
50
45
32
31
30
27
27
24
23
20
20
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15
15
15
15
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANKS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
11.6% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
8.5% →
PORTE 5.65 bits
6.7% →
GOIER 5.41 bits
6.1% →
TOILE 4.49 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.45 bits
3.7% →
PEART 4.86 bits
2.9% →
GRICE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.32 bits
2.2% →
RUOTE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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