5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HEJAB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of hijab.

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 HEJAB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HEJAB 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 258 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,796 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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__A_ H in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE TRAIN SLART TOUCH DETER
Words starting with H Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
258 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HEJAB 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,796 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HEJAB ranks #13,796 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
658
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
401
6 guesses
25
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
19%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
413
334
193
129
117
81
65
60
59
48
47
34
32
29
23
22
22
16
13
12
11
11
10
10
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HEJAB:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
18% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SOILY 5.74 bits
17.5% →
SIREE 5.32 bits
14.2% →
TRAIN 5.18 bits
8.2% →
SLART 4.74 bits
5.5% →
TOUCH 5.14 bits
5.0% →
DETER 4.45 bits
3.4% →
CORAL 4.51 bits
2.8% →
SOILY 4.48 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.50 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1J8A1B3
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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