5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

JHALA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

In Hindustani classical music, the fast-paced conclusion of a raga, often characterized by the overwhelming of the melodic component by the rhythmic component.

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 JHALA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JHALA 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 391 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,128 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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.

J___A J in the 1st position and A in the 5th position J__L_ J in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRINE NOIRE TRICE CRUET TONER
Words starting with J Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
391 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JHALA 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,128 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JHALA ranks #14,128 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
610
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
31
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
27%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
314
228
141
130
128
91
88
65
37
33
31
25
25
24
18
15
15
14
14
10
9
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JHALA:

35% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
TRONE 6.11 bits
13.3% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
9.7% →
NOIRE 5.02 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.04 bits
5.5% →
CRUET 4.97 bits
5.4% →
TONER 4.55 bits
3.9% →
SUITE 4.60 bits
3.7% →
STIRE 5.36 bits
2.8% →
CRISE 4.17 bits
1.6% →
CARET 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8H4A1L1A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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