5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HONDA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒndə//ˈhɑndə/

Noun

A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.

Noun

A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

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 HONDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HONDA 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,493 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___A H in the 1st position and A in the 5th position H__D_ H in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRICE SILER STIRE CRISE
Words starting with H Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HONDA 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONDA ranks #4,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
198
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
396
139
123
119
112
95
92
71
60
56
52
42
33
32
32
26
25
23
23
22
21
20
18
17
16
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONDA:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
SLIER 6.13 bits
16.8% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 5.05 bits
5.2% →
SILER 4.57 bits
5.0% →
STIRE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
CRISE 5.39 bits
4.0% →
SLIER 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SILER 4.96 bits
3.0% →
CARSE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
DEALT 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1N1D2A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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