5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HAWSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɔːz//hɔz//hɔs/

Noun

The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.

Noun

A hawsehole or hawsepipe.

Adjective

In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

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 HAWSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HAWSE 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,405 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__S_ H in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

GUILT DETER TRAIL GOIER RAINY SNOUT
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAWSE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,405 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAWSE ranks #7,405 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
270
204
150
129
126
101
93
69
56
56
43
43
36
32
30
29
27
26
24
21
20
20
19
18
18
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAWSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
GUILT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
GUILT 5.53 bits
11.5% →
DETER 5.37 bits
8.7% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 4.36 bits
5.5% →
RAINY 3.95 bits
5.3% →
SNOUT 4.92 bits
4.3% →
RENAL 4.80 bits
3.9% →
TOUCH 5.04 bits
2.9% →
GLARE 3.59 bits
2.4% →
RESET 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1W4S1E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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