5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HENNA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɛnə/

Noun

A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.

Noun

A flower of this plant.

Adjective

Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

Verb

To dye or tattoo with henna.

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 HENNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HENNA 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,205 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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 5th position H__N_ H in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

LORIS PROLE TRAIL SLART TOUCH DETER
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HENNA 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,205 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HENNA ranks #12,205 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
720
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
36
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
27%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
351
303
213
114
108
72
65
57
55
53
48
47
42
41
29
27
26
25
20
20
20
18
13
12
11
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HENNA:

17% chance
Suggested:
LORIS
15% chance
Suggested:
PROLE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
LORIS 5.70 bits
14.9% →
PROLE 5.19 bits
12.8% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
9.0% →
SLART 4.90 bits
4.8% →
TOUCH 5.17 bits
4.6% →
DETER 4.54 bits
3.1% →
SOULY 4.19 bits
2.8% →
DOREE 4.24 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.50 bits
2.3% →
TRAIN 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4E1N1N1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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