5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOLON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

Noun

Something that is both a part and a whole.

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 HOLON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOLON 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,428 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

IRATE RAISE TIARE TRACE PRATE TARSE
Words starting with H Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOLON 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,428 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOLON ranks #9,428 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
29
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

676
303
212
159
123
98
68
60
52
43
39
39
39
36
33
33
29
22
21
21
17
16
14
14
12
12
10
10
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOLON:

29% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
IRATE 6.12 bits
12.8% →
RAISE 5.36 bits
9.0% →
TIARE 5.50 bits
6.7% →
TRACE 5.73 bits
5.2% →
PRATE 5.30 bits
4.2% →
TARSE 4.88 bits
2.9% →
SABLE 4.82 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.20 bits
2.2% →
RAISE 4.63 bits
1.8% →
GLACE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1L1O1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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