5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HUDNA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

truce, armistice, cease-fire

Noun

a pause to regroup, rearm, and prepare for the next fight

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 HUDNA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HUDNA 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,990 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TARSE SILER TRICE TRIED PROLE
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HUDNA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,990 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HUDNA ranks #5,990 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
12
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

488
427
133
126
107
104
102
97
76
60
57
40
40
31
31
27
27
23
21
21
19
18
18
17
15
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HUDNA:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SILER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
SOREL 6.05 bits
18.1% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
5.6% →
SILER 5.29 bits
5.3% →
TRICE 5.56 bits
4.5% →
TRIED 5.26 bits
4.4% →
SOREL 4.62 bits
4.3% →
PROLE 5.32 bits
4.1% →
SILER 4.62 bits
3.2% →
REAST 4.76 bits
2.5% →
DRAPE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4U1D2N1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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