5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HALON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈheɪ̯.lɒn//ˈheɪ̯.lɔːn//ˈheɪ̯.lɔn/

Noun

A hydrocarbon (more precisely, a haloalkane) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens.

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 HALON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HALON 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,283 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.

H___N H in the 1st position and N in the 5th position H__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SIRED TRACE TORSE SLIER STIRE SMITE
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HALON 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,283 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HALON ranks #2,283 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,094
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
17
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:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
201
198
150
135
121
117
95
63
60
51
46
42
39
38
36
35
35
27
24
23
23
22
21
19
19
19
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HALON:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIRED
9% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SIRED 5.96 bits
8.5% →
TRACE 5.59 bits
8.4% →
TORSE 5.48 bits
6.4% →
SLIER 5.13 bits
5.7% →
STIRE 5.24 bits
5.1% →
SMITE 4.52 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.57 bits
4.0% →
TRICE 5.53 bits
2.7% →
SIRED 4.54 bits
2.5% →
CRUSE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1L1O1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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