5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

AHOLD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /əˈhoʊld/

Noun

A hold, grip, grasp.

Adverb

Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

Alternative forms: a-hold

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 AHOLD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts AHOLD 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

A___D A in the 1st position and D in the 5th position A__L_ A in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE RONTE REAST SPIER TRINE
Words starting with A Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How AHOLD 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,033 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, AHOLD ranks #2,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
308
167
141
127
107
79
72
58
57
55
51
49
42
37
37
36
33
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing AHOLD:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SIREN 6.14 bits
13.1% →
TARSE 5.57 bits
7.1% →
RONTE 5.34 bits
6.0% →
REAST 4.78 bits
5.4% →
SPIER 4.93 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.67 bits
3.3% →
DIRGE 5.02 bits
3.1% →
MIRTH 4.65 bits
2.5% →
STIRE 4.58 bits
2.4% →
BARON 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

A1H4O1L1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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