5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HONES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /hoʊnz//həʊnz/

Noun

plural of hone

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hone

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 HONES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HONES 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,587 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HO_ES H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT TRAIL SLART ARIEL ACTOR GRANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HONES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,587 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HONES ranks #3,587 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
19
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
299
144
142
130
105
97
89
70
60
49
48
47
43
42
38
37
34
34
34
26
24
23
21
20
20
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HONES:

13% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
DEALT 5.57 bits
12.7% →
TRAIL 5.93 bits
6.1% →
SLART 5.23 bits
6.0% →
ARIEL 4.15 bits
5.5% →
ACTOR 4.94 bits
4.5% →
SLART 5.04 bits
4.1% →
GRANT 4.99 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.54 bits
3.0% →
CHART 4.74 bits
2.5% →
LEARE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1N1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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