5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HOLTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of holt

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 HOLTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOLTS 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,169 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__T_ H in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DAINE RAINE PAIRE TRAIN CRANE RANCE
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOLTS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,169 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOLTS ranks #1,169 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,021
4 guesses
1,092
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
244
165
153
150
96
86
59
53
51
50
48
46
44
43
42
37
36
27
26
25
24
22
18
18
16
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOLTS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
7% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
DAINE 6.14 bits
10.3% →
RAINE 5.47 bits
7.0% →
PAIRE 5.59 bits
6.5% →
TRAIN 5.55 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 5.38 bits
4.1% →
RANCE 4.61 bits
3.6% →
SNARE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
CRANE 5.18 bits
2.2% →
SAKER 4.56 bits
2.2% →
BLEAT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1L1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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