5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HONER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who hones.

Noun

A tool used to hone.

Verb

Misspelling of honor and honour.

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 HONER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HONER 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R H in the 1st position and R in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE TRACE SAINT STOOL SADLY
Words starting with H Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HONER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONER ranks #1,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
18
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
255
152
145
104
92
88
84
81
59
58
57
54
40
39
34
33
33
29
29
25
25
24
24
23
23
21
21
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SAULT 5.85 bits
10.8% →
SLATE 5.80 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 5.20 bits
6.1% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
4.4% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
3.9% →
STOOL 4.97 bits
3.7% →
SAULT 3.69 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 4.93 bits
3.4% →
SADLY 4.55 bits
2.5% →
EASEL 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1N1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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