5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HOKKU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).

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 HOKKU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOKKU 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 59.6% of games, misses completely in 40.4%, and leaves about 490 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,579 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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__K_ H in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__U O in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SLATE TRONE TALER CRATE CARSE
Words starting with H Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.14 Entropy (bits)
490 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOKKU 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,579 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOKKU ranks #14,579 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
558
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
442
6 guesses
43
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:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
17%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

952
289
281
192
183
77
41
37
37
35
34
26
20
18
16
15
14
12
11
10
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4
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOKKU:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.4% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
12.3% →
SLATE 5.20 bits
11.9% →
TRONE 5.25 bits
8.1% →
TALER 4.63 bits
7.8% →
CRATE 5.65 bits
3.3% →
CARSE 5.00 bits
1.7% →
CARET 4.00 bits
1.6% →
STURE 3.88 bits
1.6% →
TARSE 4.54 bits
1.5% →
PARTE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1K5K5U1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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