5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

HYPHA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfə/

Noun

Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.

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 HYPHA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HYPHA 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 67.3% of games, misses completely in 32.7%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,195 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__H_ H in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _Y__A Y in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALTER DROLE CORSE URITE TALER
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.32 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HYPHA 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,195 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HYPHA ranks #14,195 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
586
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
397
6 guesses
30
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
1 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
10%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

770
528
190
161
139
113
74
65
53
29
20
20
19
16
15
14
14
12
11
11
9
7
7
7
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HYPHA:

33% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
22% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.7% →
RIONE 6.00 bits
22.4% →
ALTER 5.34 bits
8.1% →
DROLE 4.90 bits
6.8% →
CORSE 5.49 bits
5.9% →
URITE 5.37 bits
4.8% →
TALER 4.39 bits
3.1% →
CARSE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
LEAST 4.95 bits
2.2% →
MOIRE 4.48 bits
1.2% →
POIRE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4Y4P3H4A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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