5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

HANSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hæns//hænzə/

Noun

That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

Noun

Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities.

Alternative forms: hans, haunse, haunce

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 HANSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HANSE 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,101 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__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COULD OLDER TRAIL GOIER SPILT TARDY
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HANSE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,101 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HANSE ranks #2,101 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
13
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
39%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
222
160
120
100
92
90
81
79
64
63
51
50
45
38
38
34
33
28
26
25
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23
22
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HANSE:

11% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
OLDER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
COULD 5.56 bits
9.4% →
OLDER 5.03 bits
6.8% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
5.1% →
GOIER 4.38 bits
4.2% →
SPILT 4.99 bits
3.9% →
TARDY 4.14 bits
3.8% →
GROIN 4.79 bits
3.4% →
METAL 4.73 bits
3.4% →
TOUCH 5.13 bits
2.7% →
WIDEN 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1N1S1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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