5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HAPPI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A loose, informal Japanese coat normally decorated with a distinctive crest.

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 HAPPI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAPPI 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER ALERT TRINE TONEY TRUCE STURE
Words starting with H Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAPPI 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAPPI ranks #13,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
680
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
26
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
19%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
372
359
199
126
85
84
64
63
58
48
34
30
19
17
16
16
15
13
11
10
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAPPI:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
16% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
SOLER 5.99 bits
15.8% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
15.2% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
8.4% →
TONEY 4.62 bits
5.3% →
TRUCE 5.40 bits
3.6% →
STURE 5.13 bits
3.6% →
ALATE 4.56 bits
2.7% →
WRITE 4.55 bits
2.7% →
REAST 4.57 bits
2.5% →
SLICE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1P3P3I1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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