5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HARPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of harp

Noun

The side of a coin that bears an image of the Irish harp.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of harp

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 HARPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HARPS 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,306 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__P_ H in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALONE TRADE TONEY CONTE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HARPS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,306 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HARPS ranks #2,306 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
255
197
157
139
126
93
72
54
51
50
47
45
45
42
39
29
28
23
23
21
21
21
18
16
16
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HARPS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
ALONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
10.8% →
TRIED 5.29 bits
8.4% →
ALONE 5.43 bits
6.7% →
TOILE 5.45 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 4.68 bits
5.3% →
TONEY 4.57 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 5.15 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.87 bits
2.3% →
TUILE 4.97 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1R1P3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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