5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HATTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling, a hat.

Adjective

Having the features one expects of a hat.

Noun

Alternative form of hathi (“an elephant”).

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 HATTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HATTY 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,740 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE LEARN SIREN MOILE CRUSE LEAST
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HATTY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,740 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HATTY ranks #11,740 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
312
6 guesses
30
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:
AT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
33%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

657
333
204
179
140
109
106
60
50
45
36
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HATTY:

28% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
RIONE 6.04 bits
14.1% →
LEARN 5.37 bits
8.7% →
SIREN 5.50 bits
7.6% →
MOILE 4.55 bits
5.9% →
SIREN 4.83 bits
4.6% →
CRUSE 5.13 bits
4.5% →
LEAST 4.88 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.67 bits
2.1% →
SIDLE 3.71 bits
1.9% →
SOGER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1T1T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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