5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HAZEL

Yes, HAZEL was the Wordle answer on April 7, 2025 (Wordle #1388).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzəl/

Noun

A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

Noun

The nut of the hazel tree.

Adjective

Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

Alternative forms: hazle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 7, 2025 (#1388).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HAZEL performs as a guess

HAZEL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,890 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___L H in the 1st position and L in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT NOIRE TRAIN SENOR SOILY REAST
Words starting with H Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HAZEL 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,890 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HAZEL ranks #11,890 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
19
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
H A Z E L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HAZEL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

379
288
180
166
142
132
131
121
81
75
55
47
43
41
35
34
30
29
29
24
21
20
19
17
16
15
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HAZEL:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
SNORT 5.87 bits
12.2% →
NOIRE 5.24 bits
7.6% →
TRAIN 5.36 bits
7.0% →
SENOR 4.37 bits
6.0% →
SOILY 4.71 bits
5.6% →
REAST 4.81 bits
5.6% →
TONEY 4.05 bits
5.1% →
TORCH 5.15 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 4.32 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1Z10E1L1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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