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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

HALVE

Yes, HALVE was the Wordle answer on October 17, 2024 (Wordle #1216).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hɑːv//hæv//hɛəv/

Verb

To reduce to half the original amount.

Verb

To divide into two halves.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 17, 2024 (#1216).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HALVE performs as a guess

HALVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,777 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__V_ H in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER TRAIN SIREN CLOUT TONEY
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HALVE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,777 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HALVE ranks #7,777 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
13
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
35%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
H A L V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HALVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
253
174
159
136
127
120
96
76
73
62
41
40
38
37
33
32
28
28
27
24
22
20
19
14
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HALVE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
SNORT 5.85 bits
10.7% →
DETER 5.39 bits
7.4% →
TRAIN 5.38 bits
6.7% →
SIREN 4.69 bits
5.8% →
CLOUT 4.56 bits
5.4% →
TONEY 4.02 bits
5.1% →
TORCH 5.16 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.14 bits
3.2% →
SLEER 4.31 bits
3.1% →
TREAD 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4A1L1V4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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