5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HASKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of hask

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 HASKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HASKS 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,081 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___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

RIONE ALERT TRONE TRINE TRICE PEART
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HASKS 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
0.71 Volatility
#13,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HASKS ranks #13,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
336
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
21%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

778
357
223
201
144
96
48
47
33
33
33
32
31
30
27
19
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HASKS:

33% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
15.1% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
9.5% →
TRONE 5.42 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
6.1% →
TRICE 5.41 bits
4.1% →
PEART 4.81 bits
2.0% →
ROUET 4.55 bits
2.0% →
CLINE 4.78 bits
1.4% →
POLEY 3.89 bits
1.4% →
TRICE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1S1K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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