5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HINAU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Elaeocarpus dentatus, a tree of New Zealand.

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 HINAU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HINAU 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,230 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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 _I__U I in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOREL SOLER TROPE SOLED CLEAR
Words starting with H Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HINAU 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,230 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HINAU ranks #8,230 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AINU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
358
201
158
106
100
89
81
79
73
70
67
51
47
43
36
32
30
30
27
23
21
20
17
16
15
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HINAU:

15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
15% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TARSE 5.52 bits
15.2% →
SOREL 5.86 bits
8.5% →
SOLER 5.33 bits
6.7% →
TROPE 5.26 bits
4.5% →
SOLED 4.62 bits
4.2% →
CLEAR 4.62 bits
3.8% →
SOWER 4.79 bits
3.4% →
TORSE 5.39 bits
3.3% →
TRONE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
REAST 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4I1N1A1U1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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