5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HAPAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hapa

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 HAPAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAPAS 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 302 possible answers on average.

Across the six-turn solver test, it ranks #9,715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE ALERT ROUET TRINE TRICE POIRE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
302 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener

How HAPAS performs across the solver's possible answers. See the data page for the method.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,715 Opener rank
HAPAS ranks #9,715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
15
Top-ranked in the six-turn solver test: SLANT (3.51 guesses on average in games solved within six). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
25%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

722
231
227
168
130
98
93
75
70
60
39
32
30
27
27
24
22
22
22
21
16
15
14
13
12
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAPAS:

31% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
NOIRE 5.97 bits
9.8% →
ALERT 5.30 bits
9.6% →
ROUET 5.53 bits
7.1% →
TRINE 4.81 bits
5.5% →
TRICE 5.46 bits
4.2% →
POIRE 5.04 bits
3.9% →
TRODE 4.51 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
3.0% →
SPITE 4.56 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1P3A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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